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

2. Which of the following names does the Flying Opera Company give to its signature bending technique?

3. The comment that “She’s squarer than the hole in an Earth Kingdom coin” (174) offers an example of which of the following?

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

5. Which of the following words do the Kang Shen members bear on their foreheads?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sources attest to the presence of The Rise of Kyoshi on the New York Times and other best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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