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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. To which of the following birds does Leigh compare the bird she believes Dorothy became?
(a) Stork.
(b) Flamingo.
(c) Egret.
(d) Crane.

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

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

4. Which of the following does Leigh burn alongside the strange incense?
(a) A lock of hair.
(b) A sandal.
(c) A feather.
(d) A pastry.

5. As which of the following colors does Leigh describe the “wall of electricity between” herself and Axel (1)?
(a) Cyan.
(b) Orange.
(c) Green.
(d) Pruple.

Short Answer Questions

1. As which of the following colors does Leigh interpret Waipo’s voice?

2. Which of the following scents does Leigh associate with her father?

3. Which of the following teas is described as Waipo’s favorite?

4. About which of the following topics does Leigh note Steinberg asked her?

5. The comment that “the stain on the bedroom floor is as permanent as the sky” (1) offers an example of which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does Leigh give for sleeping on the downstairs sofa?

2. What does Leigh advance as a working definition of family?

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

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

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

6. How does Leigh imagine Axel composing in response to the park she visits with Waipo on her first full day in Taipei?

7. Why does Brian note Leigh should not have received the box she reports receiving from the bird Dorothy became?

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

9. How does Leigh describe Waipo upon meeting her?

10. How does Leigh recognize that the first memory she encounters in the first “Smoke & Memories” chapter is her mother’s?

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