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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which body part does Essun allow to turn to stone when she is forced to use orogeny in the stone forest?
(a) Her hair.
(b) Her left breast.
(c) Her leg.
(d) Her nose.

2. What agreement do Danel and the other soldiers accept after one soldier defies Ykka?
(a) They will work as members of the Strongback caste in exchange for their freedom.
(b) They will duel Ykka for their freedom.
(c) They will be released to survive on their own in the wastelands.
(d) They may choose one representative to face execution while the others go free.

3. What entity do Nassun and Essun realize is returning to Earth?
(a) Sunlight.
(b) Peace.
(c) Electricity.
(d) The Moon.

4. What is unusual about the black vines Nassun finds in the Station?
(a) They have extremely powerful magic flowing through them.
(b) They emit poisonous spores.
(c) They have no silver magic of their own.
(d) They electrocute anyone who touches them.

5. Why does Essun suggest that the orogenes should stay awake all night as Castrima navigates the stone forest?
(a) Orogenes can see in the dark.
(b) Essun resents her status as an orogene and secretly thinks her people should suffer.
(c) If they defend themselves in their sleep they could accidentally harm the people around them.
(d) The orogenes' powers will work better when they are sleep deprived.

6. What does Nassun fear that Schaffa will do when they leave Found Moon?
(a) Kill the orogenes of Found Moon.
(b) Scold her for what happened to her father.
(c) Tell her mother where she is.
(d) Abandon her at Found Moon.

7. Why is Nassun unable to use her silver to pass through the forest at Old Man's Pucker?
(a) There may be Guardians nearby.
(b) Magic does not work on the creatures of this forest.
(c) She wants to save it for use on Schaffa.
(d) She is afraid of turning into stone.

8. How does Nassun power the Station?
(a) She installs a special battery.
(b) She hooks it up to a nuclear generator.
(c) She has Schaffa power it with his silver.
(d) She channels magic from the obelisk into the black vines.

9. How has Maxixe changed since Essun last saw him at the Fulcrum?
(a) He has painfully handsome and impeccably groomed.
(b) He has lost his orogeny.
(c) He has lost several body parts.
(d) He has turned into a stone eater.

10. What does Nassun fear will happen if she lets Steel take her to Corepoint?
(a) Steel will take too long to get there.
(b) Schaffa will be left behind or dropped in the Earth's crust.
(c) Steel will drop them off in the wrong place.
(d) Nassun will get stuck in the Earth's crust.

11. Why did Nassun and her father come to Found Moon?
(a) They traveled to Found Moon so that Nassun could open the Obelisk Gate.
(b) They went to Found Moon to learn how to cure Nassun's orogeny.
(c) They traveled to Found Moon for a vacation.
(d) They traveled to Found Moon because her father got a new job.

12. How does Nassun sometimes sooth Schaffa when Father Earth tortures him?
(a) She makes his favorite food.
(b) She sings his favorite song.
(c) She tells him stories about good times she had with her mother.
(d) She feeds him some of her silver magic when he is not paying attention.

13. What is the relationship between tuners and orogenes?
(a) Tuners are forebears of the orogenes.
(b) Tuners are descended from orogenes.
(c) Tuners and orogenes have nothing to do with each other.
(d) Tuners were created to hunt and destroy orogenes.

14. Who leads Castrima?
(a) Lerna.
(b) Hjarka.
(c) Tonkee.
(d) Ykka.

15. How did Kelenli walk among the crowd of Syl Anagist?
(a) Carefully.
(b) With confidence.
(c) Fearfully.
(d) Clumsily.

Short Answer Questions

1. Yaetr Innovator Dibars described an orogene who turned partially to stone, just like Essun. What became of that orogene?

2. Where does Nassun plan to go after leaving Found Moon?

3. How does the vehimal propel itself after Nassun summons it?

4. What did Kelenli do with the tuners before their journey?

5. What organ do the tuners and orogenes use for their powers?

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