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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 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 turned to stone.
(d) It has been burnt.

2. Who is waiting for Nassun and Schaffa at the bottom of the deadciv ruins in Old Man's Pucker?
(a) Steel.
(b) Hoa.
(c) Essun.
(d) Antimony.

3. Why is Schaffa unable to power the vehimal at the Station in Old Man's Pucker?
(a) He is too weak to generate enough power.
(b) He does not remember how.
(c) Guardians are not allowed to operate vehimals.
(d) He resists the silver magic flowing through him from the Earth.

4. What does Nassun use to defend herself from Umber and Nida?
(a) The amethyst obelisk.
(b) The onyx obelisk.
(c) The moonstone obelisk.
(d) The sapphire obelisk.

5. What agreement do Danel and the other soldiers accept after one soldier defies Ykka?
(a) They will be released to survive on their own in the wastelands.
(b) They may choose one representative to face execution while the others go free.
(c) They will work as members of the Strongback caste in exchange for their freedom.
(d) They will duel Ykka for their freedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the body of the man Ykka kills in "3: You, Imbalanced"?

2. Why does Hoa tell Essun that he is "safe" to love (172)?

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

4. What reason does Schaffa give when Nassun asks why Guardians leave their comms during the Seasons?

5. To what did Houwha say he felt allegiance during the field trip through Syl Anagist?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When Kelenli first meets the other tuners, to what does she attribute her success in riding the onyx obelisk?

4. Why can the stone eaters track Nassun?

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

6. How does Nassun convince Schaffa to let her protect him after she summons the vehimal at the station?

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

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

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

10. What created the obsidian column at the heart of the dead civ in Old Man's Pucker?

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