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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 do Kyoshi and Lao Ge deliver to the Flying Opera Company after stalking through Zigan Village?

2. Which of the following weapons is attributed to Moon-Seizing Zhu in Hujiang?

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

4. On which of the following does Kyoshi grab Xu Ping An?

5. Which of the following identities does Kyoshi determine belongs to Lao Ge?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What gesture do the daofei Kyoshi meets at Madam Qiji’s use to introduce themselves?

3. What reason does Kyoshi give for demanding admission and assistance at Madam Qiji’s?

4. To what does Kyoshi ascribe Mok’s anger at Rangi’s questions when he is assigning them to assail Governor Te’s compound?

5. Why does Kyoshi muse the issue of her mother would be confusing, generally?

6. What does Rangi note is the cause of her reservations about Kyoshi’s introduction to Madam Qiji’s?

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

8. What reasons do the members of the Flying Opera Company give for seeking to part from Kyoshi after learning she is the Avatar?

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

10. What does Jianzhu recognize as the likely series of events prompted by an unauthorized messenger bird returning to Hui?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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 notes that “that’s what justice is. Nothing but the proper consequences” (67). What in the novel and in experience suggest that it is or is not? How does it do so?

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