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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 did Alma tell Yaetr Innovator Dibars in her reply to his letters?
(a) She was in love with him.
(b) She hated him and always had.
(c) His funding was cut and he needed to return to the University.
(d) He had been made a tenured professor.

2. Why is Nassun unimpressed when she looks down the hole in the earth from Corepoint?
(a) It has no monsters inside it.
(b) It feeds and shelters no one.
(c) It is not very deep.
(d) It is not very dark.

3. How did the Conductors describe the briar patch when the tuners were first created?
(a) They said it was sad.
(b) They said it was unusual.
(c) They said it was peaceful.
(d) They said it was painful.

4. What does Lerna notice about Essun when they arrive at Rennanis?
(a) Her arm is growing back.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She has cancer.
(d) She is turning to stone faster than expected.

5. What happened to the Guardians' bodies after Essun used them to reach the onyx obelisk?
(a) They turned to jewel.
(b) They began to decay.
(c) They withered into dust.
(d) They burnt to a crisp.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Houwha grow up?

2. How are the people of Castrima able to evade the desert's monsters?

3. How did the Earth commandeer the Obelisk Gate?

4. What does Hoa do with Essun?

5. The Leadership families of Yumenes believed that the world was once ruled by whom or what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Earth intend to do during the activation of the Plutonic Engine?

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

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

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

5. How did the Earth access the Plutonic Engine when Syl Anagist first activated it?

6. What did the tuners see when they visit the amethyst obelisk’s socket?

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

8. What happens to the tuners on their way to Kelenli’s home during their second lesson?

9. Why did Houwha believe that the other Conductors disrespected Gallat?

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

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