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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Genly and other prisoners are taken from their first detention facility, what is their destination?
(a) A Commensal farm in the Kunderer Valley.
(b) The Pulefen Commensality Third Voluntary Farm.
(c) Kundershaden Prison.
(d) The Gobrin Ice.

2. During the blizzard, what Earth game does Genly teach Estraven to play?
(a) Go.
(b) Go Fish.
(c) Chess.
(d) Mah Jongg.

3. What is the Karhidish religion's viewpoint on good and evil?
(a) There is only evil; there is no good.
(b) There is neither good nor evil.
(c) Both good and evil exist.
(d) There is only good; there is no evil.

4. Whom does Genly visit at the end of spring?
(a) The Weaver Orden.
(b) Esvans Harth ir rem Estraven, Estraven's father, and Arek, Estraven's older brother.
(c) Heo Lang Hew.
(d) Ashe, Estraven's former kemmering.

5. In Chapter 18, Genly and Estraven have gone through much of the provisions they started with. What do we learn that Genly and Estraven are now relying on eating for nourishment?
(a) Pesthry and gichy-michy.
(b) Orsh and gichy-michy.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Pesthry and orsh.

6. By the end of Chapter 16, what has happened to Estraven?
(a) He has gone into dothe.
(b) He has gone into kemmer.
(c) He has lost all patience with Genly.
(d) He is starving himself.

7. When Genly and Estraven come out of Tarrenpeth Forest, a few days into their journey, what does Estraven use his previously-acquired hunting skills to trap?
(a) Pesthry, a fox-like omnivore.
(b) Pesthry, a fox-like carnivore.
(c) Pesthry, a fox-like herbivore.
(d) Pesthry, a type of game bird.

8. At one point, Genly finds himself alone in the dormitory with a dying inmate named Asra. What does Genly tell Asra about he people on his (Genly's) planet?
(a) He tells Asra that the people on his planet are not androgynous.
(b) He tells Asra that the people on his planet are in kemmer all the time.
(c) He tells Asra that the people on his planet never go into kemmer.
(d) He tells Asra that the people on his planet are all blond-haired and blue-eyed.

9. What do Estraven and Genly do when they arrive at the Bay of Guthen?
(a) They put the wheels back on the sledge.
(b) They abandon the sledge and make up backpacks.
(c) They convert the sledge to a boat.
(d) They set off on skis.

10. In the beginning, how were the hills and valleys made?
(a) Excrement was pulled out of the sun.
(b) As the ice melted, its movement formed hills and valleys.
(c) Excrement was pulled out of the ground.
(d) Excrement was removed from the sleepers.

11. On what day of their trip do Genly and Estraven eventually arrive in Karhide?
(a) The 81st day.
(b) The 51st day.
(c) The 18th day.
(d) The 100th day.

12. After Genly is captured and imprisoned in a work camp, what happens to him every five days and what is the consequence?
(a) He is physically tortured; he eventually becomes seriously ill because of it.
(b) He is drugged and interrogated; he eventually dies because of it.
(c) He is physically tortured; he eventually dies because of it.
(d) He is drugged and interrogated; he eventually becomes seriously ill because of it.

13. In his continued arrogance, what does Genly refer to himself as, in comparison with Estraven?
(a) He considers himself a stallion and Estraven a pesthry.
(b) He considers himself an owl and Estraven a pigeon.
(c) He considers himself a stallion and Estraven a mule.
(d) He considers himself a mule and Estraven a stallion.

14. What happens in Orgoreyn after Agraven confronts the Commensals about what they did to Genly?
(a) Many Commensals are replaced, Yegey's party takes control, and Tibe resigns.
(b) Many Commensals are replaced, Faxe takes control, and Tibe is executed.
(c) The Commensals send assassins to kill Agraven and Tibe is appointed king.
(d) Many Commensals are replaced, Obsle's party takes control, and Tibe resigns.

15. During his stay at the farm where Genly is being held, Estraven goes into a state of increased strength called:
(a) Starvation.
(b) Insanity.
(c) Dothe.
(d) Kemmer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Edondurath's house made from?

2. As Chapter 15 opens, where do Genly and Estraven decide to hide for the winter?

3. After Estraven receives money from Genly, where does he find work?

4. What role does Estraven tell Genly that King Argaven will be able to play with Orgota once he receives word of Genly's capture?

5. What is the name of the Orgota religion?

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