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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 reasons does Rangi note for Kyoshi’s increased ease in firebending?
(a) Kyoshi feels stiffer.
(b) Kyoshi feels more apprehensive.
(c) Kyoshi feels less.
(d) Kyoshi feels more relaxed.

2. Which of the following names does the Flying Opera Company give to its signature bending technique?
(a) Dust-stepping.
(b) Day-tripping.
(c) Air-walking.
(d) Speed-running.

3. What is reported as the cause of death of Kyoshi’s parents?
(a) Starvation.
(b) Fever.
(c) Rival daofei.
(d) Law enforcement.

4. 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?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Simile.
(d) Conceit.

5. Which of the following bands does Jianzhu tell a story about in Hujiang?
(a) Band of the Spider.
(b) Band of the Crab.
(c) Band of the Hornet.
(d) Band of the Scorpion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is among the names of the daofei Kyoshi meets at Madam Qiji’s?

2. The phrase that “the mass of buildings was indistinguishable, a curving scab around the bay that should have been picked off long ago” (134) offers an example of which of the following?

3. With which of the following does Xu Ping An confront Kyoshi in their challenge?

4. Which of the following weapons is attributed to Moon-Seizing Zhu in Hujiang?

5. Which of the following is the first to train Kyoshi after she reveals being the Avatar to the Flying Opera Company?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons do the members of the Flying Opera Company give for seeking to part from Kyoshi after learning she is the Avatar?

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

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

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

5. What symbolism inheres in the gesture the daofei Kyoshi meets at Madam Qiji’s use to introduce themselves?

6. What reasons does Lao Ge give for his statement “I don’t care to kill Jianzhu” (229)?

7. Why does Jianzhu note sympathy for Hei-Ran when they arrive at the Beifong estate?

8. What has been done to the farmer outside Te’s palace whom the Yellow Necks accost, and which enraged Kyoshi?

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

10. How does Kyoshi fare in her initial efforts at dust-stepping?

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