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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 names does the Flying Opera Company give to its signature bending technique?

2. Which of the following is the first to greet Hei-Ran when she arrives at the Beifong estate to attend a soiree in the Avatar’s honor?

3. Which of the following does Kyoshi note available for sale in Hujiang?

4. Which of the following does Lek assert “The first rule of smuggling is” (232)?

5. How old is Governor Te when Kyoshi encounters him in his complex?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kyoshi divine is meant by the phrase “Tieguai fights with a crutch” (159)?

2. What reason does Kyoshi give for concealing her heritage from Yokoya and Rangi?

3. To what does Kyoshi ascribe Mok’s anger at Rangi’s questions when he is assigning them to assail Governor Te’s compound?

4. What does Rangi note is the cause of her reservations about Kyoshi’s introduction to Madam Qiji’s?

5. What does Lao Ge assert that Te is doing with the rice he collects from the farmers in his province?

6. What does Jianzhu note as hindrances to pretending that the Avatar is ill?

7. What conditions does Kyoshi set on allowing Te to live?

8. What does Kyoshi regard as the time she was most tired?

9. Why do Kyoshi and Rangi leave Pengpeng outside the town they arrive at after fleeing Jianzhu’s mansion?

10. What reason does Kyoshi give for demanding admission and assistance at Madam Qiji’s?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider Wong’s admonition: “‘Never wait to find out what the trouble is,’ Wong said, already jogging away from the source. ‘By then, you’re already too close’” (213). Is it good advice? What in the novel and in experience suggest that it is or is not? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Trace the implications of the following: “Jianzhu collapsed forward, his upper body slamming against the table. He couldn’t see Hei-Ran. But like the needle of a compass, his hand reached toward her as he blacked out” (309). What else in the novel supports the identified implications of the passage? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

After being prodded by Rangi regarding her childhood in Yokoya, mistreated by the villagers and their children, Kyoshi responds “What was I supposed to do, drop the mountain on them? Smack around a bunch of children half my size? Anything I did would have been completely disproportionate” (136). What attitude does the response indicate? Does the novel as a whole support that attitude? How or how not?

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