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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. Who are Nassun's companions on her journey from Found Moon?

2. What trait did Kelenli and the other turners share in common?

3. What does Nassun fear will happen if she lets Steel take her to Corepoint?

4. What agreement do Danel and the other soldiers accept after one soldier defies Ykka?

5. How does the vehimal propel itself after Nassun summons it?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Essun’s arm before the beginning of the novel?

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

3. What does Hoa say is the relationship between tuners and orogenes?

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

5. Who does Ykka take Essun to see after Essun first wakes up from her coma?

6. Why does Schaffa warn the orogenes from Found Moon to flee the next comm they visit if the Season ends?

7. What's unusual about the miniature Plutonic Engine that Kelenli shows the tuners during their first lesson?

8. What’s unusual about the building Kelenli leads the tuners to during their first lesson?

9. How does Schaffa explain his cruelty towards the orogenes when he and Nassun discuss the issue on their way to the Station?

10. What does Schaffa advise the orogenes from Found Moon to do when he sends them to find a new comm?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Like our protagonists, Father Earth has known exploitation and loss. Explain how Jemisin uses Father Earth as a foil to Nassun, Essun or Hoa. What makes Father Earth an antagonist? What leads him to change his ways? How does his character arc compare to the protagonist’s?

Essay Topic 2

Nassun and Essun have extremely different relationships with Schaffa. Analyze Schaffa’s behavior throughout the novel to explain each character’s perspective on him. How does Schaffa understand his past mistakes? What role does he play in the final conflict?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the use of the term ‘rogga’ by different characters in the novel. What does the term connote generally? How can different speakers mean different things when they say it? How do orogenes differ in their use of the word?

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