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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Leigh note for sale by the breakfast shop she and Waipo visit the morning after her first use of the strange incense?
(a) Luo buo si bing.
(b) Mi jiang.
(c) Fantuan.
(d) Zao ni he tao bing.

2. Which of the following colors does Leigh associate with guilt?
(a) Fluorescent-green.
(b) Kelly-green.
(c) Viridian.
(d) Chartreuse.

3. To which of the following is the novel dedicated?
(a) Loren.
(b) Pearl.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Ann.

4. Which of the following durations does Leigh report for her flight to Taipei?
(a) 15 hours.
(b) 30 hours.
(c) 20 hours.
(d) 25 hours.

5. Which of the following flavors of fudge does Leigh get while talking with Caro after Dorothy’s funeral?
(a) Peanut butter.
(b) Maple walnut.
(c) Raspberry swirl.
(d) Rocky Road.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Leigh note for sale by the breakfast shop she and Waipo visit the morning after her first use of the strange incense?

2. Which of the following types of apple do Leigh and Axel harvest in the Lockhart Orchard?

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

4. Which of the following words does Leigh recognize as Brian and Waipo talk after they arrive in Taipei from the United States?

5. As which of the following does Leigh gloss “hunxie” in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is contained in the box the bird Dorothy became left for Leigh?

2. How does Leigh describe Waigong upon meeting him?

3. How is what had been Dorothy’s favorite Taoist temple described when Leigh approaches it?

4. How does Leigh describe the stain left behind after the initial cleanup from Dorothy’s suicide?

5. On her way to Taipei from the United States, Leigh muses on encroaching coldness. She offers two ideas about it; what are they?

6. What reasons does Leigh cite for thinking Two Point Fives Day “was supposed to be celebratory” (1)?

7. How does Leigh contrast Axel’s appearance at the funeral with his usual appearance?

8. What does Leigh note about her fourteenth birthday?

9. What small talk does Brian relate to Leigh when they arrive at her grandparents’ home?

10. What reasons does Leigh give for asserting that the body in the casket is not her mother?

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