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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 colors had Leigh and Dorothy painted Leigh’s room before Dorothy’s death?
(a) Apricot.
(b) Salmon.
(c) Peach.
(d) Tangerine.

2. Which of the following does Leigh note as present in the market she and Waipo visit on her first full day in Taipei?
(a) Whole ducks.
(b) Whole fish.
(c) Whole pigs.
(d) Whole cows.

3. Which of the following is the first line of the main text?
(a) “My mother is a bird.”
(b) “In the beginning, that mother-shaped hole was made of blood.”
(c) “Over and over again, I rewind back to that June afternoon.”
(d) “My mother knew where I was.”

4. As which of the following colors does Leigh interpret Brian’s voice?
(a) Burnt sienna.
(b) Cobalt blue.
(c) King’s blue.
(d) Burnt umber.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following examples of “silly childhood rhyme” does Leigh recall when walking out of Dorothy’s funeral (14)?

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

3. The comment that “Even the thought of it sat in my stomach like something I shouldn’t have eaten” (130) offers an example of which of the following?

4. To which of the following birds does Leigh compare the bird she believes Dorothy became?

5. In which of the following is Dorothy’s suicide note found?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What signs from Caro does Leigh interpret as disbelief of her account of Dorothy’s transformation?

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

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

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

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

8. How does Leigh relate her parents’ meeting to the Renards?

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

10. What reasons does Leigh note for thinking her bicycle and Axel’s romantic?

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