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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 is among the toys Kelsang uses to test for the Avatar?
2. The comment that “the prows of Fifth Nation warships began to poke out, like the beaks of monstrous birds hatching from their eggshells” (78) offers an example of which of the following?
3. Which of the following sobriquets attaches itself to Tagaka?
4. The comment that the elemental cycle is “an order as unchanging as the seasons” (9) offers an example of which of the following?
5. The comment that “They never spoke of it afterwards, the shared impulse that had nearly crashed both of their carriages” (98) offers an example of which of the following?
Short Essay Questions
1. What “little fact about the pirate trade” (76) does Tagaka offer Yun?
2. What does Kelsang report to Kyoshi as his reason for suspecting she may be the Avatar?
3. What reason does Kyoshi have for having given off earthbending training?
4. What is Kyoshi’s occupation on Jianzhu’s estate, and why does she have it?
5. How do Yun and Kyoshi react to Father Glowworm’s assault?
6. What is the first lesson Jianzhu claims to have taught Yun as he purports to teach it to Kyoshi?
7. What thoughts does Kyoshi ascribe to the servants at Jianzhu’s mansion after her evident promotion?
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. How does Jianzhu understand the Air Nomad test for the Avatar to work?
10. What reasons does Kelsang give to Kyoshi for having noted his suspicion that she is the Avatar to Yun and Rangi?
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
Trace the implications of the following: “Jianzhu collapsed forward, his upper body slamming against the table. He couldn’t see Hei-Ran. But like the needle of a compass, his hand reached toward her as he blacked out” (309). What else in the novel supports the identified implications of the passage? How does it do so?
Essay Topic 3
Consider Lao Ge’s assertion that “Mercy has higher price than most people think” (276). Does the novel as a whole support or reject that assertion? How does it do so?
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