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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 does Leigh go on the forty-sixth day after Dorothy’s death?
(a) Hsinchu.
(b) Jiufen.
(c) Yilan.
(d) Taoyuan.

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

3. Which of the following does Leigh give Brian for Christmas?
(a) A book.
(b) A sweater.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) A drawing.

4. Which of the following is on Feng’s shirt when Leigh and Waigong return from the park?
(a) Daisies.
(b) Sunflowers.
(c) Roses.
(d) Moonflowers.

5. Which of the following does Leigh burn along with the strange incense?
(a) A drawing for her friend.
(b) A drawing for her father.
(c) A drawing for her beloved.
(d) A drawing for her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Leigh find in the old cardboard boxes through which she searches?

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

3. Which of the following games does Leigh play with Waigong?

4. With which of the following colors does Leigh associate error?

5. Which of the following smells does Leigh get from burning the strange incense?

Short Essay Questions

1. What Halloween decorations does Leigh note in the fall of her sophomore year?

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

3. What reasons does Leigh give for demurring to open the letters to her mother?

4. What reasons does Axel give for having broken up with Leanne in the winter of Leigh’s freshman year?

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

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

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

8. How is Jingling described to Leigh when she asks Waipo about her?

9. With what conversation does Tina attempt to distract Dorothy and Leigh after Dorothy calls 911 on herself?

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

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