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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 does Hoa do with Essun?
(a) Turns her into a stone eater.
(b) Puts her body on display.
(c) Feeds her body to the other stone eaters.
(d) Buries her body.

2. What is wrong with the wall around the city of Rennanis?
(a) It is easy to climb.
(b) It has fallen to pieces.
(c) It is too large for the people of Castrima to guard.
(d) It is flammable.

3. What did Houwha realize about Kelenli during her spat with Gallat in the garden?
(a) Kelenli and Gallat were the same person.
(b) She was pregnant.
(c) Kelenli was only pretending to be a tuner.
(d) Kelenli was going to betray them.

4. Why has Hoa been eating Essun's stone body parts?
(a) He loves the taste.
(b) He needs to make himself stronger.
(c) It is part of a running bet.
(d) He is planning to reproduce.

5. How does Nassun's spare key work?
(a) It uses her own internal magic to mimic the onyx obelisk.
(b) It networks 27 smaller obelisks to emulate the much larger onyx obelisk.
(c) It uses a majority of all the obelisks around the Earth to override the rest of the Gate.
(d) It turns the Earth's Core into a new onyx obelisk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Earth want vengeance against humanity?

2. What did Alma tell Yaetr Innovator Dibars in her reply to his letters?

3. What disturbs Nassun about the Moon?

4. Why does Steel oppose Nassun's plan to make Schaffa a stone eater?

5. What happens to Nassun that forces Essun to submit during their conflict at Corepoint?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Schaffa narrating the story to Essun?

2. How does Steel explain Schaffa's longevity compared to other Guardians?

3. Who interrupts Nassun as she attempts to activate the Obelisk Gate?

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

5. What was the testing bore that Houwha saw at Site Zero?

6. While walking with Gallat to the tuners' third lesson, Houwha realized that Gallat wanted Kelenli to do something. What was it?

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

8. What people are living in Corepoint when Nassun arrives?

9. How are Kelenli and Gallat related?

10. What hardships happen to the people of Castrima as they travel through the desert?

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