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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 sobriquets attaches itself to Tagaka?
2. The comment that the strain of lapsing friendship was “separating them from their old lives like a sheet of ice over a lake” (95) offers an example of which of the following?
3. Which of the following is the name of Rangi’s father?
4. The comment that “She was a child pulling on a door an adult was holding shut” (108) offers an example of which of the following?
5. Which of the following does Kyoshi note Father Glowworm has?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Jianzhu’s Yokoya mansion described?
2. What does Kelsang report to Kyoshi as his reason for suspecting she may be the Avatar?
3. How is Father Glowworm described when he first appears?
4. What reason does Yun assume for Hei-Ran not berating him in front of Rangi?
5. What thoughts does Kyoshi ascribe to the servants at Jianzhu’s mansion after her evident promotion?
6. How does Kyoshi describe the aftermath of a Yokoya fireworks display?
7. What does Jianzhu note to Yun Hei-Ran sacrifices to the service of the Avatar?
8. What reasons are offered quietly by revered elders for the failure to identify the Avatar?
9. In summary, what is DiMartino’s reaction to Yee’s work, as expressed in the foreword?
10. What “little fact about the pirate trade” (76) does Tagaka offer Yun?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Note the following passage:
"The full weight of what she was saying slammed down on her midsentence like a heavy gate. Her insides boiled with disgust at her own weakness.
She’d let herself laugh. She’d spoken Kelsang’s name out loud without cursing Jianzhu’s in the same breath. And worst of all, she’d forgotten Yun. It didn’t matter how long the lapse was. To release her grip on him, even for a second, was unforgivable." (164)
What attitude toward revenge does the passage indicate? Does the novel as a whole support that attitude? How or how not?
Essay Topic 2
Kyoshi muses that “Of course, in the Fire Nation the caravans arrived on time” (122). What implication does the comment have for the Fire Nation? Is it one the rest of the novel supports? How or how not?
Essay Topic 3
Sources attest to the presence of The Rise of Kyoshi on the New York Times and other best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?
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