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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How are the people of Castrima able to evade the desert's monsters?
(a) The monsters are not very hungry.
(b) Danel fights all the monsters off.
(c) Essun uses orogeny to hide them.
(d) Most of the monsters are sleeping underground.

3. What did Houwha believe was Gallat's reason for leaving Kelenli out of the Plutonic Engine?
(a) He wanted her to be able to see the engine fire up.
(b) He was worried she would sabotage the project.
(c) He did not want her lumped in with the tuners.
(d) He was worried she would upstage him.

4. What route does the vehimal take from Old Man's Pucker?
(a) It crawls along the bottom of the ocean.
(b) It goes straight to the Moon.
(c) It crawls straight through the center of the Earth to the other side.
(d) It crawls around the equator of the Earth.

5. Why is Nassun unable to use orogeny after the events of the last chapter?
(a) She will turn the people around her into orogenes.
(b) She will accidentally raise the obelisks again.
(c) She will turn to stone.
(d) Orogeny does not work now that the obelisks are gone.

6. What is wrong with the wall around the city of Rennanis?
(a) It is flammable.
(b) It is too large for the people of Castrima to guard.
(c) It has fallen to pieces.
(d) It is easy to climb.

7. What does the onyx obelisk recognize in Essun that persuades it to side with her when she resists Nassun at Corepoint?
(a) Her desire for destruction.
(b) Her massive power.
(c) Her exhaustion.
(d) Her need to make the world better.

8. Why does the Earth want vengeance against humanity?
(a) Humans mistreat the orogenes.
(b) Humans will not share their technology with him.
(c) Humans are too noisy.
(d) Humans have stolen the Earth's life force.

9. What happened to the Guardians' bodies after Essun used them to reach the onyx obelisk?
(a) They began to decay.
(b) They turned to jewel.
(c) They burnt to a crisp.
(d) They withered into dust.

10. What did Houwha realize about Kelenli during her spat with Gallat in the garden?
(a) She was pregnant.
(b) Kelenli and Gallat were the same person.
(c) Kelenli was going to betray them.
(d) Kelenli was only pretending to be a tuner.

11. 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 pleasant.
(d) It is massively painful.

12. What happens to Nassun that forces Essun to submit during their conflict at Corepoint?
(a) Nassun starts to cry.
(b) Nassun starts to turn to stone.
(c) Nassun overpowers Essun.
(d) Nassun is struck by lightning.

13. With whom was Kelenli raised?
(a) Houwha.
(b) Nobody.
(c) Pheylen.
(d) Gallat.

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

15. How would Ykka know whether or not Essun's mission to Corepoint was a success?
(a) The Earth would rumble, "thank you."
(b) The ash would immediately clear from the sky.
(c) The stone eaters would all become humans again.
(d) The Rifting would go cold.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Earth commandeer the Obelisk Gate?

2. Why must the people of Castrima cross the desert as quickly as possible?

3. Why did Houwha no longer find his garden beautiful once he returned from the field trip in Syl Anagist?

4. What happened to Gallat and the other Conductors on the Moon?

5. What happens to the Moon after the conflict in Corepoint?

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