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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 97 - 108 and Back Matter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The comment that “She was a sea creature and the music was her ocean” (219) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Simile.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Analogy.

2. As which of the following does Leigh gloss “ni” in the novel?
(a) Me.
(b) Him.
(c) Her.
(d) You.

3. Which of the following does Leigh note is a language announcing the stops on the train she and Waipo take to find Feng?
(a) Hakka.
(b) Xiang.
(c) Pinghua.
(d) Hokkien.

4. Leigh glosses “ni kan” as which of the following in the novel?
(a) Linger.
(b) Watch.
(c) Look.
(d) Wait.

5. With which of the following colors does Leigh associate the smell of the hospital waiting room?
(a) White.
(b) Orange.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

Short Answer Questions

1. As which of the following does Leigh gloss “piaoliang” in the novel?

2. For which of the following periods does the Buddhist temple where Dorothy spent the most time in Taiwan retain wooden plaques for the deceased?

3. Which of the following does Brian give Dorothy for Christmas?

4. Which of the following colors does Leigh claim to see in the darkness?

5. Which of the following does Leigh note as present in the market she and Waipo visit on her first full day in Taipei?

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