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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. Which comm is Essun traveling with for the first part of the novel?
(a) Yumenes.
(b) Found Moon.
(c) Castrima.
(d) Rennanis.

2. What reason did Kelenli give when the tuners asked why she laughed at people's fear of her?
(a) She thought people only pretend to fear her as a joke.
(b) It disguised her deep-seated sadness.
(c) She was terrifying on purpose.
(d) When people hate you for who you are, there is nothing else you can do to change their mind.

3. What is unusual about the black vines Nassun finds in the Station?
(a) They have extremely powerful magic flowing through them.
(b) They electrocute anyone who touches them.
(c) They have no silver magic of their own.
(d) They emit poisonous spores.

4. How did the tuners prefer to communicate?
(a) Sign Language.
(b) English.
(c) Earth Talk.
(d) Sylanagistine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From where is Hoa narrating the novel?

2. What is the name of the stone eater who plans to eat Nassun?

3. What does Ykka do with the defiant soldier from Rennanis?

4. Why is Essun afraid to use her orogeny after she wakes up from her coma?

5. Where does Hoa take Essun after revealing that a stone eater wants to eat Nassun?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why must the orogenes be controlled, according to Schaffa?

3. What causes the Guardians Umber and Nida to attack Nassun?

4. Why does Nassun want to end the world?

5. Why was Found Moon created?

6. How does Hoa describe magic in Syl Anagist: Four?

7. How does Schaffa explain his cruelty towards the orogenes when he and Nassun discuss the issue on their way to the Station?

8. Why does Schaffa warn Nassun not to trust the obelisks?

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

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

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