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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 was the test bore at the Zero Site taken from?
(a) The onyx obelisk.
(b) The moonstone.
(c) The Earth's core.
(d) A wall of volcanic glass.

2. Who can understand the language first spoken by the vehimal that Nassun and Schaffa take to Corepoint?
(a) Nassun.
(b) Lerna.
(c) Schaffa.
(d) Essun.

3. What did Kelenli want to be?
(a) The leader of Syl Anagist.
(b) A Conductor.
(c) The last Niess lorist.
(d) A geomester.

4. How did the Earth commandeer the Obelisk Gate?
(a) It took over the onyx obelisk.
(b) It made a spare key from 27 obelisks.
(c) It tortured the tuners into obeying its whims.
(d) It short-circuited the moonstone.

5. What did Lerna do with Chetha?
(a) He injured her.
(b) He sent her away.
(c) He healed her.
(d) He euthanized her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the tall woman offend Gallat at the Zero Site?

2. What sleeps in the cells of Warrant?

3. Why does Nassun give Schaffa water and broth?

4. What happens when the people of Castrima reach the end of the desert?

5. How did Gallat react when he saw the briar patch?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Kelenli and Gallat related?

2. Why does Essun say that the biggest problem with living in Rennanis is that “Castrima must live amid the corpses of its conquered” (278)?

3. Who goes to Corepoint with Essun?

4. What does Essun use to control the Obelisk Gate in opposition to Nassun?

5. Where did the tuners go on their trip to Site Zero?

6. Why is Schaffa narrating the story to Essun?

7. What reason does the Earth give Nassun for stealing magic from the humans?

8. What does Hoa reveal to Essun about Alabaster during their nighttime meeting in Rennanis?

9. At the end of the novel, what does the stone eater reborn from Essun say she wants?

10. How does Kelenli describe the relationship between the tuners and the Niess when she explains the history of the Niess to the tuners?

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