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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What organ do the tuners and orogenes use for their powers?
(a) Limbic System.
(b) Appendix.
(c) Thyroid.
(d) Sessapinae.

2. Why do Nassun and Schaffa camp before entering Old Man's Pucker?
(a) Nassun is reluctant to finish the plan and end life on Earth.
(b) They want to take in the beautiful scenery before they begin their joruney.
(c) Steel warned them against getting caught in the forest after night fall.
(d) They are exhausted from their journey.

3. Who leads Castrima?
(a) Lerna.
(b) Ykka.
(c) Hjarka.
(d) Tonkee.

4. What happened to most of the buildings that should have been contained within the deadciv?
(a) They were melted into slag.
(b) They burned down.
(c) They crushed into gravel.
(d) They crumbled to dust.

5. How does Nassun sometimes sooth Schaffa when Father Earth tortures him?
(a) She feeds him some of her silver magic when he is not paying attention.
(b) She tells him stories about good times she had with her mother.
(c) She sings his favorite song.
(d) She makes his favorite food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is waiting for Nassun and Schaffa at the bottom of the deadciv ruins in Old Man's Pucker?

2. Which of the following is NOT a reason why Essun travels with Castrima?

3. Why was Tetlewha no longer with the tuners?

4. What did Kelenli do with the tuners before their journey?

5. What did Kelenli wish to do with the tuners?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Maxixe realize about Essun when they are reunited in the stone forest?

2. Why does Essun not want to stay with Castrima as they make the journey to Rennanis?

3. Why does Nassun want to end the world?

4. Essun begins Chapter 1 with a group of caretakers. Where are they from and where are they headed?

5. What do the Conductors want Kelenli to help the tuners with?

6. What's unusual about the miniature Plutonic Engine that Kelenli shows the tuners during their first lesson?

7. What happened to Essun’s arm before the beginning of the novel?

8. Why can the stone eaters track Nassun?

9. Why does Ykka say she is mad at Essun when Essun first wakes up from her coma?

10. Why is everyone in Castrima covered with ash during Chapter 1?

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