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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following colors of dress does Leigh wear to the Winter Formal?
(a) Cobalt blue.
(b) Aquamarine.
(c) Ultramarine.
(d) Fulminous.

2. To which of the following does Leigh compare the game she sees old men play in the park when she goes with Waigong?
(a) Chess.
(b) Checkers.
(c) Go.
(d) Pente.

3. Which of the following does Leigh note in the Shilin Night Market?
(a) Silken tofu.
(b) Stinky tofu.
(c) Grilled tofu.
(d) Fried tofu.

4. As which of the following does Leigh gloss “lai chi” in the novel?
(a) Dance.
(b) Come east.
(c) Come eat.
(d) Music.

5. To which of the following does Leigh compare the game she sees old men play in the park when she goes with Waigong?
(a) Nine-men's Morris.
(b) Backgammon.
(c) Parcheesi.
(d) Fangqi.

6. Which of the following does Tina cook for Dorothy and Leigh after Dorothy calls 911 on herself?
(a) Rice and beans.
(b) Beef and beans.
(c) Chicken and beans.
(d) Chicken and rice.

7. The comment that “The sun is a fat coin embedded in the wide blue sky” (204) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Simile.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Analogy.

8. Which of the following do Leigh and Axel take to Caro’s photoshoot at the creek?
(a) Thrift-store dresses.
(b) Sketch pads.
(c) Snacks.
(d) Tripods.

9. Which of the following colors does Leigh claim to see in the darkness?
(a) Cardinal.
(b) Carmine.
(c) Incarnadine.
(d) Crimson.

10. Which of the following does Leigh give Brian for Christmas?
(a) A sweater.
(b) A book.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) A drawing.

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

12. Which of the following does Leigh find in the book of poems pulled from the old cardboard boxes through which she searches?
(a) Underlining.
(b) Annotations.
(c) Manicules.
(d) Margin notes.

13. Which of the following does Axel play?
(a) Upright bass.
(b) Guitar.
(c) Piano.
(d) Trap set.

14. Which of the following does Leigh find in the old cardboard boxes through which she searches?
(a) Final statements.
(b) Tax statements.
(c) Personal statements.
(d) Bank statements.

15. Which of the following does Brian give Dorothy for Christmas?
(a) A sweater.
(b) A drawing.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) A book.

Short Answer 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?

2. Which of the following does Leigh give Dorothy for Christmas?

3. In which of the following periods does Axel have jazz?

4. Which of the following does Axel play?

5. Which of the following does Leigh note is a language announcing the stops on the train she and Waipo take to find Feng?

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