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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. For which of the following periods does the Buddhist temple where Dorothy spent the most time in Taiwan retain wooden plaques for the deceased?
(a) 36 days.
(b) 64 days.
(c) 49 days.
(d) 81 days.

2. Which of the following smells does Leigh note on Alex?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Toothpaste.
(d) Deodorant.

3. In which of the following is Dorothy’s suicide note found?
(a) The piano.
(b) A dresser.
(c) The trash.
(d) A jewelry box.

4. Which of the following colors does Leigh associate with Brian’s grief over Dorothy?
(a) Feldgrau.
(b) Payne's gray.
(c) Davy's gray.
(d) Slate gray.

5. Which of the following examples of “silly childhood rhyme” does Leigh recall when walking out of Dorothy’s funeral (14)?
(a) “Little Leigh, full of glee!”
(b) “Oh my, what a sigh!”
(c) “I see London, I see France, I see someone’s underpants!”
(d) “Don’t step on a crack or you’ll break your mother’s back.”

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As which of the following colors does Leigh interpret Brian’s voice?

3. Which of the following teas does Waipo serve Leigh when she and Brian arrive?

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 colors does Leigh describe the “wall of electricity between” herself and Axel (1)?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What “fun facts” does Leigh note Brian provides about Taipei?

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

4. What reasons does Leigh give for her quickly taking a liking to Caro?

5. How does Leigh describe Waipo upon meeting her?

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

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

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

9. What reasons does Leigh cite for others thinking Dorothy was happy?

10. What reasons does Leigh note for doubting her grandmother’s favorable description of her?

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