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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 does Jianzhu cite as a reason he wields influence in the Earth Kingdom?
(a) Provision of troops.
(b) Provision of grain.
(c) Provision of oversight.
(d) Provision of meat.

2. Which of the following materials is included in the testing object with which Hei-Ran presents Kyoshi?
(a) Cedar bark.
(b) Bamboo.
(c) Birch bark.
(d) Oak bark.

3. Which of the following does DiMartino note is required of an Avatar universe story?
(a) Religious conflict.
(b) Economic conflict.
(c) Political conflict.
(d) Interstellar conflict.

4. Which of the following earthbenders does Jianzhu note had attempted to determine the Avatar’s birthplace?
(a) Xin Ye the Mason.
(b) Wu the Boulder.
(c) Lee the Gecko.
(d) Neliao the Gardener.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the first to greet Kyoshi when she returns to Jianzhu’s mansion after the incident with Father Glowworm?

2. Which of the following is among the toys Kelsang uses to test for the Avatar?

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

4. Kyoshi’s musing that “Jianzhu made the Earth Kingdom sound like different pieces of flesh stitched together to close a wound” (85) offers an example of which of the following?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Father Glowworm described when he first appears?

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

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

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

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

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

7. How is Jianzhu’s Yokoya mansion described?

8. What reasons does Jianzhu give for identifying the Earth Kingdom as “kind of a mess” to Kyoshi (84)?

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

10. Explain the sarcasm in Jianzhu’s comment that Kelsang had “also claimed that the location enjoyed some auspicious wind currents, using the very solemn and holy method of licking his finger and holding it up in the air” (8).

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