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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following earthbenders does Jianzhu note had attempted to determine the Avatar’s birthplace?
(a) King Kuei of Ba Sing Se.
(b) King Yi Ming of Ba Sing Se.
(c) King Buro of Omashu.
(d) King Bumi of Omashu.

2. As which of the following does the novel define the term “kowtow” (109)?
(a) A master’s posture of dominance.
(b) A servant’s posture of deference.
(c) A student’s posture of submission.
(d) A peer’s posture of respect.

3. The comment that the elemental cycle is “an order as unchanging as the seasons” (9) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Analogy.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Simile.

4. To what destination does Yun note Tagaka is bound?
(a) Lake Laogai.
(b) Lake Geneva.
(c) Omashu.
(d) Si Wong Desert.

5. Which of the following does DiMartino note is required of an Avatar universe story?
(a) Animal companions.
(b) Pai Sho.
(c) Cabbages.
(d) A Team Avatar.

6. The comment that Aomi had “blundered into a predator with much larger fangs” (22) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Simile.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Analogy.

7. Which of the following does Kyoshi accuse Kelsang of regarding her as being (91)?
(a) A never-was.
(b) A wanna-be.
(c) A has-been.
(d) A do-over.

8. What condition does Yun note Jianzhu’s healers fear he has?
(a) Frostbite.
(b) Fungal infection.
(c) Poisoning.
(d) Anemia.

9. Which of the following types of stone does Kyoshi summon against Tagaka?
(a) Shale.
(b) Basalt.
(c) Marble.
(d) Granite.

10. Which of the following items does Kyoshi have in her room at Jianzhu’s mansion?
(a) A sharp sword.
(b) A carved cloak rack.
(c) A heavy locked trunk.
(d) An ewer of water.

11. How old is an Avatar supposed to be to assume duties?
(a) 17.
(b) 16.
(c) 19.
(d) 18.

12. Kelsang’s comment that “Hei-Ran, Jianzhu, and I…the three of us weren’t the positive influences on Kuruk that we were supposed to be” (57) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Chiasmus.
(c) Anaphora.
(d) Litotes.

13. Which of the following is the first to die in the violence between Tagaka and the Avatar’s party?
(a) Jianzhu.
(b) Amak.
(c) Kelsang.
(d) Hei-Ran.

14. Which of the following does Yun note Tagaka and her corsairs steal from the villages they raid?
(a) Bells.
(b) Harps.
(c) Pipes.
(d) Horns.

15. Which of the following questions does DiMartino report asking FC Yee in their first talks?
(a) What kind of character is Yun?
(b) What kind of character is Rangi?
(c) What kind of character is Jianzhu?
(d) What kind of character is Kyoshi?

Short Answer Questions

1. As which of the following does Yun identify the purpose of many of the cures present where he finds Kyoshi after her firebending test?

2. Which of the following sobriquets attaches itself to Tagaka?

3. The comment that “the prows of Fifth Nation warships began to poke out, like the beaks of monstrous birds hatching from their eggshells” (78) offers an example of which of the following?

4. How old was the previous Avatar, Kuruk, when he died?

5. Which of the following sobriquets attaches itself to Kelsang?

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