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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 breakfast for Kyoshi, Rangi, and the Flying Opera Company on the first morning they travel together?

2. How many oaths does Kirima note are normally administered to entering daofei members?

3. Which of the following monikers attaches itself to Uncle Mok?

4. Which of the following does Kyoshi note available for sale in Hujiang?

5. How long dead are Kyoshi’s parents noted to be when she arrives at Madam Qiji’s?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why do Kyoshi and Rangi leave Pengpeng outside the town they arrive at after fleeing Jianzhu’s mansion?

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

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

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

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

8. What does Jianzhu note as hindrances to pretending that the Avatar is ill?

9. What reasons does Lao Ge give for his statement “I don’t care to kill Jianzhu” (229)?

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

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

In his encounter with daofei in Hujiang (245-47), Jianzhu muses on honor among thieves. What does he assert is that honor? Is he correct in his assessment? How or how not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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