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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. In Chapter 18, what did the people of Castrima find when they discovered the large cavern Ykka shows Essun and the others?

2. How many people lived in Allia before the explosion and fire?

3. In Chapter 22, how many cannons fire on the Clalsu?

4. In Chapter 20, when the Clalsu crew finds their first target, how many fogs does Syen raise?

5. In Chapter 20, what is the closest that the Clalsu can get near the shore where Allia was?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Syen see and think after she stops the volcano where Allia used to be?

2. What happens after Damaya and Binof discover the room hidden in the Fulcrum?

3. How can Syenite use orogeny to help Innon and the crew of the Clalsu?

4. What mechanisms run Castrima, and how do they work?

5. Who is Innon, and what is he like?

6. Why does Syenite ask Innon to take her on as Clalsu crew?

7. Where does Syen meet Alabaster again in Chapter 23, and what does he want?

8. Why was Tonkee disowned by her family?

9. Why does Binof pretend to be a grit in Chapter 17?

10. What does Tonkee say about following Essun?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Node maintainers are used to control shakes. How do node maintainers do their job? Are their job conditions and treatment inhumane?

Essay Topic 2

Essun begins to travel with Hoa. Why does Essun allow Hoa to travel with her?

Essay Topic 3

Tonkee and her people have been tracking Essun for years. How and why do Tonkee and her people use deduction to find Essun when they cannot track her?

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