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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 does Leigh note is a language announcing the stops on the train she and Waipo take to find Feng?
(a) Mandarin.
(b) Hokkien.
(c) XIang.
(d) Gan.

2. Which of the following does Leigh note is a language announcing the stops on the train she and Waipo take to find Feng?
(a) English.
(b) Cantonese.
(c) Filipino.
(d) Tagalog.

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

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

5. Which of the following does Dorothy suggest as present in the old cardboard boxes through which Leigh searches?
(a) Leigh’s homework.
(b) Waipo’s letters.
(c) Brian’s papers.
(d) Waigong’s comics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Which of the following does Cheslin take to Caro’s photoshoot at the creek?

5. With which of the following colors does Leigh associate the smell of the hospital waiting room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the contents of Dorothy’s birthday gift to an eight-year-old Leigh?

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

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

4. How does Leigh apologize to Feng?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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