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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the obelisk that Syen pulls from the harbor at Allia?
(a) Topaz.
(b) Sapphire.
(c) Emerald.
(d) Garnet.

2. What type of business does Jija have?
(a) Dry goods.
(b) Ceramics and tool-knapping.
(c) Groceries.
(d) Pottery and woolens.

3. In Chapter 10, how big is the kirkhusa that Essun and the boy encounter along with a woman?
(a) 125 pounds.
(b) 75 pounds.
(c) 100 pounds.
(d) 50 pounds.

4. In Chapter 6, when they ride shtough shatterland, how long ago does Schaffa say that the pile of crumbling gray-green stone did not exist?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 11 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 5 years.

5. What family member did Rask's family have who was Orogene?
(a) Sister.
(b) Mother.
(c) Cousin.
(d) Brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Prologue, how many people live in Yumenes?

2. How tall are Allia's main gates?

3. How long has Alabaster been taking assignment outside the Fulcrum in Chapter 8?

4. How long does it take Schaffa to set the bones he broke to see if Damaya could control herself in Chapter 6?

5. Who walks Damaya to the city gates in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Hoa dressed and what does he carry with him in Chapter 7?

2. What are the pros and cons of a mission with the ten-ring for Syen?

3. As Essun tries to sleep in Chapter 4, who comes near her?

4. What is known about Essun?

5. When and why does Syen agree to go to the node station with Alabaster?

6. Why do Damaya's parents not keep her after it is discovered that she has orogene powers?

7. What does the ten-ring look like in Chapter 4?

8. After breakfast, how do the grits spend the next hours of the day?

9. What is Yumenes like?

10. What does Uche's mother think and do after he dies?

(see the answer keys)

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