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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 does DiMartino note is required of an Avatar universe story?

2. Which of the following games does Kyoshi recall playing with Kelsang?

3. Which of the following materials is included in the testing object with which Hei-Ran presents Kyoshi?

4. Which of the following questions does DiMartino report asking FC Yee about Kyoshi in their first talks?

5. The comment that “The desolate town was eerie, the bones of a once-living thing” (101) offers an example of which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hei-Ran react to Jianzhu’s report of events with Father Glowworm and after?

2. What is Kyoshi’s occupation on Jianzhu’s estate, and why does she have it?

3. What difference of intent exists in the fight between Kelsang and Jianzhu after the incident with Father Glowworm, and what is the result?

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

5. What does Kelsang report to Kyoshi as his reason for suspecting she may be the Avatar?

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

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

8. What reason does Yun assume for Hei-Ran not berating him in front of Rangi?

9. What reasons are offered quietly by revered elders for the failure to identify the Avatar?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate Lao Ge’s comment that “Those who grow, live and die. The stagnant pool is immortal, while the clear flowing river dies an uncountable number of deaths” (257, italics in original).

Essay Topic 2

Consider Wong’s admonition: “‘Never wait to find out what the trouble is,’ Wong said, already jogging away from the source. ‘By then, you’re already too close’” (213). Is it good advice? What in the novel and in experience suggest that it is or is not? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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