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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 colors does Leigh describe certainty?
(a) Disazo scarlet.
(b) Phthalo red.
(c) Alizarin crimson.
(d) Cadmium red.

2. Which of the following do the girls wear in the picture Leigh finds among the old cardboard boxes?
(a) Boots.
(b) T-bar sandals.
(c) Watson Parkers.
(d) Mary Janes.

3. With whom of the following does Leigh have her first kiss?
(a) Caro.
(b) Weston.
(c) Cheslin.
(d) Axel.

4. The novel glosses “xaiochi” as which of the following?
(a) Big truths.
(b) Little eats.
(c) Little lies.
(d) Big eats.

5. Which of the following do Leigh and Axel take to Caro’s photoshoot at the creek?
(a) Sketch pads.
(b) Tripods.
(c) Thrift-store dresses.
(d) Snacks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Leigh burn alongside the strange incense?

2. Which of the following does Leigh give Dorothy for Christmas?

3. Which of the following does Leigh burn along with the strange incense?

4. Which of the following colors does Leigh associate with separation from Axel?

5. Which of the following colors of tea does Yuanyang pour for her uncle at the Lunar New Year?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Leigh note makes her Christmas “almost normal” (193), as opposed to fully normal?

2. What reasons does Leigh cite for Waigong moving slower than Waipo?

3. What reason does Axel give for saying “you got your suspenders all in a twist” (342-43)?

4. What Ghost Month offerings does Leigh note after she retrieves Feng?

5. What challenges does Leigh note in reading the letter to her mother she opened?

6. What prank does Axel note playing on a younger cousin at Christmas?

7. What reasons does Leigh cite for needing to find Feng on the forty-fourth day after Dorothy’s death?

8. What reasons does Leigh give for wanting her father to stay away from home?

9. What does Leigh posit is the point of photography?

10. What reasons does Leigh cite in the summer before her sophomore year for refusing piano lessons from Dorothy?

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