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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following positions does Auntie Mui hold in Jianzhu’s mansion?
(a) Head of clerical staff.
(b) Head of kitchen staff.
(c) Head of personal staff.
(d) Head of cleaning staff.

2. Which of the following does Jianzhu give as a reason for taking Yun and Kyoshi aloft on Pengpeng without Kelsang?
(a) Kelsang needs more healing time.
(b) Kelsang is gallivanting off elsewhere.
(c) He can.
(d) Kelsang disapproves of the trip.

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

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

5. As which of the following does Yun identify the purpose of many of the cures present where he finds Kyoshi after her firebending test?
(a) Fungal infection cures.
(b) Insomnia cures.
(c) Baldness cures.
(d) Flatulence cures.

Short Answer Questions

1. As which of the following does the novel define the term “kowtow” (109)?

2. At which of the following times does Jianzhu notes that “spiritual activity is at its highest” (102)?

3. In what is Yun resting his arm when Kyoshi calls on him in Jianzhu’s mansion’s infirmary?

4. With which of the following virtues does Kelsang note Kyoshi is invested?

5. Which of the following does Yun note Tagaka and her corsairs steal from the villages they raid?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kyoshi describe the aftermath of a Yokoya fireworks display?

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

3. What “little fact about the pirate trade” (76) does Tagaka offer Yun?

4. What is Kyoshi’s occupation on Jianzhu’s estate, and why does she have it?

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

6. In summary, what is DiMartino’s reaction to Yee’s work, as expressed in the foreword?

7. What is the first lesson Jianzhu claims to have taught Yun as he purports to teach it to Kyoshi?

8. What difference of intent exists in the fight between Kelsang and Jianzhu after the incident with Father Glowworm, and what is the result?

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

10. What reason does Kyoshi have for having given off earthbending training?

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