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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, how long has Arkete/Maxixe been at the Fulcrum?

2. How many dead horses does Syen find in the horse shed in Chapter 8?

3. When Maxixe returns in Chapter 11 after a few days, how is he injured?

4. In Chapter 4, how many hours does the ten-ring say that he has had to himself in the last year that were not shared with a horse or a stranger?

5. How many children does Feldspar have?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are orogenes made into node maintainers?

2. What happens as Essun starts to leave Tirimo?

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

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

5. To what lengths will Schaffa go to to make the world safe from Damaya?

6. What is the highroad like and how much faster is it than the lowroad?

7. After Alabaster gets sick at the inn in Allia, what does Syen realize has happened?

8. What is known about Essun?

9. What are node maintainers?

10. Why does Damaya ally herself with Crack?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tonkee and her people have been tracking Essun for years. How and why do Tonkee and her people use deduction to find Essun when they cannot track her?

Essay Topic 2

Syenite has a troubled relationship with Alabaster. Why is the relationship troubled from the beginning? How would you compare the relationship at the beginning of The Fifth Season to their relationship at the end of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Uche is a three-year-old boy who is beaten to death by his father. Why is Uche beaten to death? How does he symbolize the hatred characters feel toward orogenes?

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