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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. Which of the following does Kyoshi note is her accustomed breakfast?

2. Which of the following questions does DiMartino report asking FC Yee about Kyoshi in their first talks?

3. Which of the following trades does Jianzhu ascribe to the people of Yokoya?

4. Which of the following items does Kyoshi have in her room at Jianzhu’s mansion?

5. How old is an Avatar supposed to be to assume duties?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does Kelsang give to Kyoshi for having noted his suspicion that she is the Avatar to Yun and Rangi?

2. What does Yun identify to Kyoshi as the likely political effect of him being revealed not to be the Avatar?

3. What does Jianzhu note to Yun Hei-Ran sacrifices to the service of the Avatar?

4. What reasons are offered quietly by revered elders for the failure to identify the Avatar?

5. How do Yun and Kyoshi react to Father Glowworm’s assault?

6. How is Jianzhu’s Yokoya mansion described?

7. What verbal amendment to the agreement with Tagaka does Yun insist upon?

8. What reason does Yun assume for Hei-Ran not berating him in front of Rangi?

9. What are the results of Kyoshi’s firebending test by Hei-Ran, and why are they significant?

10. How does Jianzhu define the Avatar State to Kyoshi?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate Lao Ge’s comment that “Those who grow, live and die. The stagnant pool is immortal, while the clear flowing river dies an uncountable number of deaths” (257, italics in original).

Essay Topic 2

Kyoshi muses that “It was a small comfort, but a comfort nonetheless, that made her feel like she was standing on firmer footing” that the Flying Opera Company fears Jianzhu (220). Why might it be a comfort? What in the novel suggests as much? How does it make the suggestion?

Essay Topic 3

Consider the following passage:

Rangi frowned. “That’s a killing field.” The ground south of the complex was hard-packed dirt strewn with fieldstones the size of a man’s head. “A few Earthbenders in Te’s guard could cause massive casualties.”

“I don’t think Mok cares,” Kirima said. “I don’t know what poison Wai’s been pouring in the ears of his men, but they’ve turned into fanatics. He’s going to breach the walls with sheer numbers.” (253)

What attitudes toward leadership are revealed in the exchange? How do they manifest?

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