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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Niess have to do with the tuners?
(a) The Niess tried to destroy the tuners.
(b) The tuners were used to conquer the Niess.
(c) The tuners were created by the Niess.
(d) Tuners were created based on Sylanagistine myths about the sessapinae of the Niess.

2. What route will Castrima take to cross the desert?
(a) A winding creek.
(b) An old subway tunnel.
(c) An abandoned set of traintracks.
(d) Crumbling high roads.

3. Whose diary does Nassun find at Corepoint?
(a) Schaffa's.
(b) Essun's.
(c) Jija's.
(d) Alabaster's.

4. Why must the people of Castrima cross the desert as quickly as possible?
(a) They do not have enough supplies to last the whole way.
(b) They must reach Rennanis before the Moon gets closer to Earth.
(c) They must cross before the Season is over.
(d) Monsters are chasing them.

5. Where does Nassun chase Schaffa when he arises at Corepoint?
(a) Back to the apartment.
(b) Into the tunnels of Warrant.
(c) Through the streets of Corepoint.
(d) Back to the vehimal station.

6. What is the food situation when Castrima first arrives in Rennanis?
(a) There is barely enough to survive for a Season.
(b) There is none at all.
(c) There is enough for half the comm to survive.
(d) There is more than the people of Castrima will ever need.

7. What happened to Gaewha after Syl Anagist fell?
(a) She became the stone eater Antimony.
(b) She died.
(c) She was lost in space.
(d) She turned into an obelisk.

8. How does Essun first anger Nassun at Corepoint?
(a) She attacks her physically.
(b) She calls her a dumb child.
(c) She mentions Jija.
(d) She makes an offensive joke.

9. The Leadership families of Yumenes believed that the world was once ruled by whom or what?
(a) Stone eaters.
(b) Guardians.
(c) Orogenes.
(d) Tuners.

10. What is Geoarcanicity?
(a) A city of wise geomesters.
(b) The activation of the Plutonic Engine.
(c) A kind of flavor that only tuners can taste.
(d) A sylanagistine city ordinance.

11. What do most of the obelisks do after the Gate is used at Corepoint?
(a) Disintegrate into energy and return to the Earth's core.
(b) Remain in the sky.
(c) Form a giant ring of obelisks around Corepoint.
(d) Shatter into gravel.

12. What is The Wall?
(a) A broken ruin outside of Rennanis.
(b) A huge obsidian wall surrounding Rennanis.
(c) A particularly large soldier from Rennanis.
(d) A giant expanse of ash, fire, smoke and lightning.

13. How many people survive the journey across the desert?
(a) 1000 out of 1100.
(b) 850 out of 1100.
(c) 1100 out of 1100.
(d) 15 out of 1100.

14. Why did Yaetr Innovator Dibars say he was concerned after he analyzes his findings on orogenes and the frequency of Seasons?
(a) His research is being ignored.
(b) He is weary of traveling.
(c) He is afraid of talking to orogenes.
(d) He cannot find any good research subjects.

15. Why does Essun need to get to Corepoint shortly after arriving in Rennanis?
(a) She is getting impatient.
(b) She is turning into stone.
(c) She is not ready to stop traveling.
(d) The Moon will be closest to the Earth and easiest to pull back into place.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the source of the beam of silver magic that the vehimal passes through on its way to Corepoint?

2. Why is Nassun unimpressed when she looks down the hole in the earth from Corepoint?

3. What does the onyx obelisk recognize in Essun that persuades it to side with her when she resists Nassun at Corepoint?

4. What does Hoa do with Essun?

5. What does Nassun see fused with the Earth's core?

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