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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 kinds of establishment is Madam Qiji’s?
2. Which of the following proverbs does Lao Ge ascribe to Guru Shoken?
3. The phrase that “the mass of buildings was indistinguishable, a curving scab around the bay that should have been picked off long ago” (134) offers an example of which of the following?
4. The comment that “You might have the keys to certain doors, but this is not our house” (143) is an example of which of the following?
5. Which of the following is breakfast for Kyoshi, Rangi, and the Flying Opera Company on the first morning they travel together?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reasons do the members of the Flying Opera Company give for seeking to part from Kyoshi after learning she is the Avatar?
2. What does Jianzhu recognize as the likely series of events prompted by an unauthorized messenger bird returning to Hui?
3. What reasoning does Rangi give for not wanting Kyoshi to train in waterbending with Kirima?
4. Why do Kyoshi and Rangi leave Pengpeng outside the town they arrive at after fleeing Jianzhu’s mansion?
5. What reasons does Lao Ge give for his statement “I don’t care to kill Jianzhu” (229)?
6. What does Jianzhu note as hindrances to pretending that the Avatar is ill?
7. Why does Jianzhu note sympathy for Hei-Ran when they arrive at the Beifong estate?
8. What conditions does Kyoshi set on allowing Te to live?
9. What explanation does Lao Ge give for Mok not ordering the death of Governor Te?
10. Why does Kyoshi muse the issue of her mother would be confusing, generally?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Kyoshi muses that “It was a small comfort, but a comfort nonetheless, that made her feel like she was standing on firmer footing” that the Flying Opera Company fears Jianzhu (220). Why might it be a comfort? What in the novel suggests as much? How does it make the suggestion?
Essay Topic 3
Trace the implications of the following: “Jianzhu collapsed forward, his upper body slamming against the table. He couldn’t see Hei-Ran. But like the needle of a compass, his hand reached toward her as he blacked out” (309). What else in the novel supports the identified implications of the passage? How does it do so?
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