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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 training maxims does Wong say as Kyoshi tries dust-stepping?

2. Which of the following is meant by the phrase “bouncing a lock” (269)?

3. Which of the following sobriquets does Lek take to himself?

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

5. Which of the following is the first to greet Hei-Ran when she arrives at the Beifong estate to attend a soiree in the Avatar’s honor?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Jianzhu note sympathy for Hei-Ran when they arrive at the Beifong estate?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

The novel notes that “Another person might have swelled with happiness while looking back over the power they wielded. Jianzhu simply sounded tired” (86). What in the novel would account for the sound? How might it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Note the following passage:

"The full weight of what she was saying slammed down on her midsentence like a heavy gate. Her insides boiled with disgust at her own weakness.

She’d let herself laugh. She’d spoken Kelsang’s name out loud without cursing Jianzhu’s in the same breath. And worst of all, she’d forgotten Yun. It didn’t matter how long the lapse was. To release her grip on him, even for a second, was unforgivable." (164)

What attitude toward revenge does the passage indicate? Does the novel as a whole support that attitude? How or how not?

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