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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Kelenli wish to do with the tuners?
(a) Teach them how to dance.
(b) Test them in a duel.
(c) Lead them outside their living space.
(d) Make them run an obstacle course.

2. What organ do the tuners and orogenes use for their powers?
(a) Sessapinae.
(b) Thyroid.
(c) Appendix.
(d) Limbic System.

3. On the trip to the station, Schaffa gives Nassun a reason why he believes the orogenes need to be controlled. What was his reason?
(a) They are inferior beings and need to be shown their place.
(b) Orogeny makes you too mentally incompetent to make your own choices.
(c) The orogenes are so essential for humanity's survival that no risks can be taken.
(d) Orogenes are naturally inclined to be criminals.

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

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) The orogenes' powers will work better when they are sleep deprived.
(d) If they defend themselves in their sleep they could accidentally harm the people around them.

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

7. Why was the fake Fulcrum at Found Moon created?
(a) To turn orogenes into tuners.
(b) To make a home for stone eaters.
(c) To find an orogene capable of opening the Obelisk Gate.
(d) To find a cure for orogeny.

8. What happened to Maxixe and Essun's friend Crack?
(a) They were lost in a ravine.
(b) They were murdered by soldiers from Rennanis.
(c) They were made part of a node maintainer.
(d) They were turned into a stone eater.

9. Whose journals appear at the end of multiple chapters throughout the novel?
(a) Essun.
(b) Nassun.
(c) Yaetr Innovator Dibars.
(d) Alabaster.

10. What geographical feature does Essun help Ykka navigate after she awakes from a coma?
(a) A caldera.
(b) A stone forest.
(c) The Rifting.
(d) A volcano.

11. Why does Hoa tell Essun that he is "safe" to love (172)?
(a) He is kind.
(b) He is immortal and will never die.
(c) He cannot have children.
(d) He is non-violent.

12. Where are the deadciv ruins containing the Station located?
(a) Amid the canopies of the forest's trees.
(b) Underneath Old Man's Pucker.
(c) In an invisible dome above Old Man's Pucker.
(d) Outside the outtermost ring of the caldera.

13. What purpose does Schaffa give for taking the orogenes from Found Moon?
(a) Building a new house.
(b) Punishment.
(c) A training exercise.
(d) A reward.

14. Why can Essun sense Nassun using magic and orogeny?
(a) Nassun is very nearby.
(b) Nassun is Essun's daughter.
(c) Nassun has a powerful magnet.
(d) Nassun is bound to the sapphire obelisk.

15. Why was Tetlewha no longer with the tuners?
(a) He was executed.
(b) He was promoted.
(c) He was fired.
(d) He was decommissioned.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were the tuners disturbed by their first sight of a concrete building?

2. How does the handyman at Found Moon describe Schaffa's treatment of Nassun?

3. Who narrates the novel?

4. What reason does Schaffa give when Nassun asks why Guardians leave their comms during the Seasons?

5. What does Nassun use to defend herself from Umber and Nida?

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