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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 “niao” in the novel?
(a) Box.
(b) Wait.
(c) Mother.
(d) Bird.

2. As which of the following does Leigh gloss “hunxie” in the novel?
(a) Biracial.
(b) Bicameral.
(c) Biennial.
(d) Bilateral.

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?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Analogy.
(d) Simile.

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

5. To which of the following movies does Caro attribute recognizing her orientation?
(a) Ammonite.
(b) Sense and Sensibility.
(c) Divergent.
(d) Titanic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Leigh note available for sale along the path to what had been Dorothy’s favorite Taoist temple?

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

3. Which of the following is the title of the composition Axel sends Leigh, the “final piece in the Lockhart Orchard set” (85)?

4. The comment about “That gray body, arranged in the casket like a doll” (68) offers an example of which of the following?

5. Which of the following smells does Leigh note on Alex?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does Brian offer Leigh for his departure from her grandparents’ home at his point of departure?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is Leigh’s reaction to meeting Caro’s family?

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

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

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

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