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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. Where is Hoa from originally?
(a) The Stillness.
(b) Castrima.
(c) Rennanis.
(d) Syl Anagist.

2. What is wrong with Essun's arm when she wakes up at the beginning of the novel?
(a) It has been broken.
(b) It has been chopped off.
(c) It has been burnt.
(d) It has been turned to stone.

3. How do the people of Castrima contain the captive soldiers from Rennanis in the first two chapters of the novel?
(a) They have all of the soldiers executed.
(b) They keep the soldiers in a jail.
(c) They exile all of the soldiers.
(d) They confine them in wooden devices called prangers.

4. Why were the tuners surprised by the Plutonic Engine in the museum?
(a) It had a seditious message hidden in its paint.
(b) It was made for artistic purposes.
(c) It spoke to them.
(d) It was made for war.

5. What warning does Steel give to Nassun?
(a) Steel warns Nassun not to get in the vehimal.
(b) Steel warns Nassun that they may have a bumpy ride.
(c) Steel warns Nassun that they cannot come back once they leave.
(d) Steel warns Nassun not to bring Schaffa.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Nassun unable to use her silver to pass through the forest at Old Man's Pucker?

3. Who narrates the novel?

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

5. What does Nassun fear will happen if she lets Steel take her to Corepoint?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hoa say is the relationship between tuners and orogenes?

2. Why does Nassun want to end the world?

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

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

5. What does Schaffa advise the orogenes from Found Moon to do when he sends them to find a new comm?

6. Who does Ykka take Essun to see after Essun first wakes up from her coma?

7. Why did Essun destroy the geode at Castrima?

8. What happened to Nassun’s father before the beginning of the novel?

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

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

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