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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the vehimal propel itself after Nassun summons it?
(a) It flies on giant wings.
(b) It moves forward with giant cilia that poke from its side.
(c) It rolls on wheels.
(d) It walks on hundreds of legs.

2. Who narrates the novel?
(a) Essun.
(b) Hoa.
(c) Schaffa.
(d) Nassun.

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

4. 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) The orogenes are so essential for humanity's survival that no risks can be taken.
(b) Orogeny makes you too mentally incompetent to make your own choices.
(c) Orogenes are naturally inclined to be criminals.
(d) They are inferior beings and need to be shown their place.

5. What does Ykka do with the defiant soldier from Rennanis?
(a) She executes him.
(b) She exiles him.
(c) She makes him her jester.
(d) She admires his attitude.

6. Who is the one person that Nassun says she would regret destroying with the Obelisk Gate?
(a) Herself.
(b) Schaffa.
(c) Essun.
(d) Steel.

7. What happens to Schaffa as he goes deeper into the deadciv ruin at Old Man's Pucker?
(a) He starts to get his memories back.
(b) He gets sleepy.
(c) He begins to feel stronger.
(d) His pain increases.

8. 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 nose.
(c) Her left breast.
(d) Her leg.

9. How did the tuners prefer to communicate?
(a) Earth Talk.
(b) Sylanagistine.
(c) English.
(d) Sign Language.

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

11. Who is the Earth's lost child, for whose loss the Earth seeks vengeance?
(a) The stone eaters.
(b) Humanity.
(c) The Moon.
(d) The orogenes.

12. Why were the tuners disturbed by their first sight of a concrete building?
(a) Shaping stone was sacreligious to them.
(b) They thought it looked unbearably ugly.
(c) They found the surface rough and painful to touch.
(d) They were used to living in structures that are, themselves, alive.

13. What does Nassun use to defend herself from Umber and Nida?
(a) The onyx obelisk.
(b) The amethyst obelisk.
(c) The sapphire obelisk.
(d) The moonstone obelisk.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Essun get rid of her arm?

2. Who controls the contaminated Guardians that attack Nassun at Found Moon?

3. Who was Tetlewhal's replacement?

4. Where is Hoa from originally?

5. What does Nassun call Schaffa to shake him out of the stupor he enters after she powers the Station?

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