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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the black vines at the amethyst obelisk's socket called?
(a) Needle threads.
(b) Life leeches.
(c) Drain cables.
(d) Sinklines.

2. How did the Earth commandeer the Obelisk Gate?
(a) It made a spare key from 27 obelisks.
(b) It short-circuited the moonstone.
(c) It tortured the tuners into obeying its whims.
(d) It took over the onyx obelisk.

3. What would the Earth's Burndown order have accomplished if it succeeded?
(a) It would release the Earth's life force gently, so that Syl Anagist would have nothing to harvest.
(b) It would liquefy the planet's surface, ending all life.
(c) It would cause Syl Anagist's power grid to overload and deactivate.
(d) It would send humanity a warning.

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

5. To what did the people raising Kelenli attribute her every failure?
(a) Her heritage.
(b) Her peer influences.
(c) Her reading habits.
(d) Her upbringing.

6. According to Hoa, why did Alabaster flee the Fulcrum?
(a) His world could not function without slavery.
(b) He ran away to become a stone eater.
(c) He ran away to become a node maintainer.
(d) He could not stand his family and friends.

7. What sleeps in the cells of Warrant?
(a) Tuners.
(b) Guardians.
(c) Orogenes.
(d) Stone eaters.

8. 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) Monsters are chasing them.
(c) They must reach Rennanis before the Moon gets closer to Earth.
(d) They must cross before the Season is over.

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

10. 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 did not want her lumped in with the tuners.
(c) He was worried she would sabotage the project.
(d) He was worried she would upstage him.

11. What does Nassun say when Essun offers to help her take care of Schaffa?
(a) She needs help putting Schafffa's corestone back in.
(b) She does not want anybody's help.
(c) She needs more vegetable broth for Schaffa.
(d) She needs to use the Obelisk Gate.

12. What happened to the people of Niess?
(a) They traveled to a different continent.
(b) They were conquered and scattered by invaders from Syl Anagist.
(c) They became the ruling class of Syl Anagist.
(d) They died in a mass famine.

13. How did the Conductors describe the briar patch when the tuners were first created?
(a) They said it was peaceful.
(b) They said it was sad.
(c) They said it was painful.
(d) They said it was unusual.

14. What does Hoa say would have happened if the Plutonic Engine had been activated?
(a) It would eventually use up all the Earth's life force.
(b) It would get more and more powerful, eventually causing the Earth to explode.
(c) Everyone on Earth would be turned into stone eaters.
(d) It would run forever without any problems.

15. What material helped the Earth in its plan to take over the Obelisk Gate?
(a) Wood.
(b) Mud.
(c) Metal.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people survive the journey across the desert?

2. What did Houwha realize about Kelenli during her spat with Gallat in the garden?

3. Why is Essun unable to visit Alabaster?

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

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

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