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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. As which of the following does Leigh gloss “yiqian” in the novel?
(a) In the future.
(b) In the past.
(c) In the rear.
(d) In the present.

2. As which of the following colors does Leigh interpret her anger at Brian’s departure from her grandparents’ home?
(a) Burnt sienna.
(b) Burnt orange.
(c) Burnt umber.
(d) Burnt ocher.

3. 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) Dan bing.
(b) Shao bing.
(c) Luo buo gao.
(d) Dou jiang.

4. 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) Zao ni he tao bing.
(b) Fantuan.
(c) Mi jiang.
(d) Luo buo si bing.

5. Which of the following does Brian bring as a gift for Waipo?
(a) Snickers.
(b) Tootsie Rolls.
(c) Milky Way.
(d) Riesen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following colors does Leigh associate with guilt?

2. Which of the following does Waipo note “have been particularly good this season” (51)?

3. Which of the following does Waipo note “have been particularly good this season” (51)?

4. Which of the following does Feng bring with her when she first meets Leigh?

5. Which of the following types of sandwich does Axel identify as Leigh’s favorite?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Leigh excuse Axel’s “sucking up” to Dorothy (90)?

4. How does Leigh describe the feather she finds in her dresser at her grandparents’ home?

5. What reason is given to Leigh for the change to the pastry shop’s logo?

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

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

8. How does Leigh describe Waipo upon meeting her?

9. What present does Axel give Leigh for her fourteenth birthday?

10. How is the Buddhist temple where Dorothy spent the most time in Taiwan described when Leigh approaches it?

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