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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. How long does Rangi assign Kyoshi a training stance in their first session?

2. Which of the following is the name of Kyoshi’s mother?

3. How many courtyards does Governor Te’s complex boast?

4. Which of the following sobriquets is accorded to Rangi?

5. Which of the following is the governor responsible for Chameleon Bay?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What reason does Kyoshi give for concealing her heritage from Yokoya and Rangi?

5. What does Lao Ge assert that Te is doing with the rice he collects from the farmers in his province?

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

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

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

9. What does Kyoshi expect to see in Te’s hiding place, and what does she encounter instead?

10. What explanation does Lao Ge give for Mok not ordering the death of Governor Te?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Kyoshi notes that “being spiritual simply meant acknowledging the power of forces you couldn’t see and coming to terms with the fact that you didn’t have control over every aspect of your life” (102). Does the novel as a whole bear out that definition? How or how not?

Essay Topic 3

Jianzhu muses that “There was no force in existence stronger than a child’s righteous fury at being robbed” (12). Does the novel bear out the assertion? How so or how not?

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