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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 phrases does Kyoshi use to compel Rangi’s obedience?
2. As which of the following does Yun identify the purpose of many of the cures present where he finds Kyoshi after her firebending test?
3. Which of the following does Kyoshi see upon waking in Jianzhu’s mansion’s infirmary?
4. 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?
5. Which of the following does Jianzhu use to light a stick of incense in Father Glowworm’s location?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Kyoshi’s occupation on Jianzhu’s estate, and why does she have it?
2. What difference of intent exists in the fight between Kelsang and Jianzhu after the incident with Father Glowworm, and what is the result?
3. How does Kelsang report to Kyoshi that Yun was identified as the Avatar?
4. What reason does Yun assume for Hei-Ran not berating him in front of Rangi?
5. How does Hei-Ran react to Jianzhu’s report of events with Father Glowworm and after?
6. What are the results of Kyoshi’s firebending test by Hei-Ran, and why are they significant?
7. What does Kelsang report to Kyoshi as his reason for suspecting she may be the Avatar?
8. What reasons does Kelsang give to Kyoshi for having noted his suspicion that she is the Avatar to Yun and Rangi?
9. How is Father Glowworm described when he first appears?
10. What reasons does Jianzhu give for identifying the Earth Kingdom as “kind of a mess” to Kyoshi (84)?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Consider the following passage:
Rangi frowned. “That’s a killing field.” The ground south of the complex was hard-packed dirt strewn with fieldstones the size of a man’s head. “A few Earthbenders in Te’s guard could cause massive casualties.”
“I don’t think Mok cares,” Kirima said. “I don’t know what poison Wai’s been pouring in the ears of his men, but they’ve turned into fanatics. He’s going to breach the walls with sheer numbers.” (253)
What attitudes toward leadership are revealed in the exchange? How do they manifest?
Essay Topic 2
Kyoshi muses that “It was a small comfort, but a comfort nonetheless, that made her feel like she was standing on firmer footing” that the Flying Opera Company fears Jianzhu (220). Why might it be a comfort? What in the novel suggests as much? How does it make the suggestion?
Essay Topic 3
DiMartino writes “A common pitfall of prequels? Since the reader already knows how things eventually turn out, they are one step ahead of the hero” (5). How is this a pitfall? What in the novel and in experience suggest as much? How does it do so?
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