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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. Why can Essun sense Nassun using magic and orogeny?
(a) Nassun is bound to the sapphire obelisk.
(b) Nassun is very nearby.
(c) Nassun is Essun's daughter.
(d) Nassun has a powerful magnet.

2. Where are Essun's caretakers headed when she wakes up from her coma?
(a) Found Moon.
(b) Corepoint.
(c) Yumenes.
(d) Rennanis.

3. Why does Essun suggest that the orogenes should stay awake all night as Castrima navigates the stone forest?
(a) The orogenes' powers will work better when they are sleep deprived.
(b) Orogenes can see in the dark.
(c) Essun resents her status as an orogene and secretly thinks her people should suffer.
(d) If they defend themselves in their sleep they could accidentally harm the people around them.

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

5. What is unusual about the animals and plants in Old Man's Pucker?
(a) They are all carnivorous.
(b) They can talk.
(c) Their life force flows more clearly than usual.
(d) They all smell artificial.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were the tuners surprised by the Plutonic Engine in the museum?

2. Where does Nassun plan to go after leaving Found Moon?

3. How do Nassun and Schaffa reach the bottom of the deadciv ruins inside Old Man Pucker?

4. Why was the fake Fulcrum at Found Moon created?

5. What trait did Kelenli and the other turners share in common?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Hoa’s prison in Syl Anagist require no guards?

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

4. Where is Hoa while he narrates the novel?

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

6. What’s unusual about the building Kelenli leads the tuners to during their first lesson?

7. Why does Schaffa warn the orogenes from Found Moon to flee the next comm they visit if the Season ends?

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 does Essun realize about her relationship with Hoa after he shows her Jija's body?

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