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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 mounts does Jianzhu buy?

2. For which of the following types of fortifications does Rangi note having studied attack methods?

3. Which of the following is among the names of the daofei Kyoshi meets at Madam Qiji’s?

4. Which of the following is the name of Kyoshi’s father?

5. Which of the following bands does Jianzhu tell a story about in Hujiang?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What reasons does Kyoshi give for refusing the offer of the Flying Opera Company to depart from her?

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

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

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

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

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

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).

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