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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Hoa from originally?

2. Why were the tuners disturbed by their first sight of a concrete building?

3. What is the relationship between tuners and orogenes?

4. With what does the deadciv Station share its origin and power source?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Essun destroy the geode at Castrima?

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

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

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

5. Why was Found Moon created?

6. Why does Ykka say she is mad at Essun when Essun first wakes up from her coma?

7. Why is everyone in Castrima covered with ash during Chapter 1?

8. Why does Nassun want to end the world?

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

10. What does Maxixe realize about Essun when they are reunited in the stone forest?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hoa is an observant character and has lived longer than the other viewpoint characters in the book. Analyze his descriptions of Syl Anagist from the Prologue. How do his descriptions suggest his feelings about Syl Anagist? How does he foreshadow the events of the novel? How could Hoa’s feelings influence our understanding of Syl Anagist?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Essun’s character and describe how her experiences with Castrima prepared her for the final confrontation with Nassun at Corepoint. How did her time with Castrima contribute to her state of mind? What was the effect of bringing her companions along? How did the journey influence her decisions in the conflict with Nassun?

Essay Topic 3

Jemisin describes a society where characters must depend on each other daily to survive. Write an essay examining the role interdependence plays in the novel. Provide a working definition of interdependence and analyze how it both creates and resolves conflict between characters.

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