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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the people of Syl Anagist treat the tuners during the tuners' field trip?
(a) They celebrated them.
(b) They ignored them.
(c) They asked them questions.
(d) They harassed them.

2. What does Lerna notice about Essun when they arrive at Rennanis?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She is turning to stone faster than expected.
(c) She has cancer.
(d) Her arm is growing back.

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

4. Hoa meets with Essun in Rennanis. What does he reveal about Alabaster's fate?
(a) Alabaster lost his orogeny and became a farmer.
(b) Alabaster was made into a node maintainer.
(c) Alabaster died.
(d) Alabaster was turned into a stone eater.

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

6. What happens when the people of Castrima reach the end of the desert?
(a) Essun leaves to find Nassun.
(b) The soldiers betray the rest of the comm and hold a mutiny.
(c) The comm falls apart and chooses a new head woman.
(d) Everyone scatters to forage before reuniting at an abandoned farm.

7. What powered the briar patch at the amethyst obelisk's socket?
(a) A nuclear generator.
(b) Solar panels.
(c) Captive Niess and tuners.
(d) An obelisk.

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

9. Who can understand the language first spoken by the vehimal that Nassun and Schaffa take to Corepoint?
(a) Lerna.
(b) Nassun.
(c) Essun.
(d) Schaffa.

10. What happened to the bodies of Rennies killed by the Obelisk Gate?
(a) They left only skeletons behind.
(b) They were all completely vaporized.
(c) They turned to stone.
(d) None of them showed any signs of injury or decay.

11. What did Hoa do while the people of Castrima were in the desert?
(a) He worked underground to help comfort the dying and protect the living.
(b) He tried to knock the high roads down.
(c) He killed slumbering monsters and dragged them to the surface for people to eat.
(d) He ignored them completely.

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

13. How did Gallat react when he saw the briar patch?
(a) He was unmoved.
(b) He was angry.
(c) He was delighted.
(d) He was horrified.

14. How do the Guardians feel when Essun draws the magic from their corestones?
(a) They feel nauseous.
(b) They sleep through it.
(c) It is massively painful.
(d) It is pleasant.

15. How does Nassun's spare key work?
(a) It turns the Earth's Core into a new onyx obelisk.
(b) It uses her own internal magic to mimic the onyx obelisk.
(c) It uses a majority of all the obelisks around the Earth to override the rest of the Gate.
(d) It networks 27 smaller obelisks to emulate the much larger onyx obelisk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Nassun sleep while in Corepoint?

2. What happened to Kelenli after Syl Anagist fell?

3. Who attacks Essun and the others as they go through the Earth with Hoa?

4. How did the Conductors describe the briar patch when the tuners were first created?

5. Who is lost on Essun's trip to Corepoint?

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