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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. How long dead are Kyoshi’s parents noted to be when she arrives at Madam Qiji’s?
2. The comment that “The column of men drifted slowly away from Te’s palace like ants on the march” (282) offers an example of which of the following?
3. Which of the following does Lek assert “The first rule of smuggling is” (232)?
4. Which of the following guardsmen accompanies Jianzhu to Hujiang?
5. The comment that a fighter “stumbled awkwardly around the platform, a drunk that had lost his footing” (202) offers an example of which of the following?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reasons does Lao Ge give for wanting to work with those whose chakras are either all open or all closed?
2. To what does Kyoshi ascribe Mok’s anger at Rangi’s questions when he is assigning them to assail Governor Te’s compound?
3. What conditions does Kyoshi set on allowing Te to live?
4. What does Kyoshi expect to see in Te’s hiding place, and what does she encounter instead?
5. What does Kyoshi divine is meant by the phrase “Tieguai fights with a crutch” (159)?
6. What does Rangi note is the cause of her reservations about Kyoshi’s introduction to Madam Qiji’s?
7. What does Lao Ge assert that Te is doing with the rice he collects from the farmers in his province?
8. What reason does Kyoshi give for demanding admission and assistance at Madam Qiji’s?
9. Why do Kyoshi and Rangi leave Pengpeng outside the town they arrive at after fleeing Jianzhu’s mansion?
10. What reasons does Kyoshi give for refusing the offer of the Flying Opera Company to depart from her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Consider Lao Ge’s assertion that “Mercy has higher price than most people think” (276). Does the novel as a whole support or reject that assertion? How does it do so?
Essay Topic 3
The novel notes that “Another person might have swelled with happiness while looking back over the power they wielded. Jianzhu simply sounded tired” (86). What in the novel would account for the sound? How might it do so?
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