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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. As which of the following does Leigh gloss “ni” in the novel?
2. As which of the following does Leigh gloss “deng yixia” in the novel?
3. As which of the following does Leigh gloss “yao” in the novel?
4. On which of the following streets does Leigh live?
5. As which of the following does Leigh gloss “wo” in the novel?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are bwabwei in the novel?
2. What reason is given to Leigh for the change to the pastry shop’s logo?
3. What is Leigh’s reaction to meeting Caro’s family?
4. What small talk does Brian relate to Leigh when they arrive at her grandparents’ home?
5. What is contained in the box the bird Dorothy became left for Leigh?
6. How does Leigh imagine Axel composing in response to the park she visits with Waipo on her first full day in Taipei?
7. What “fun facts” does Leigh note Brian provides about Taipei?
8. What signs from Caro does Leigh interpret as disbelief of her account of Dorothy’s transformation?
9. What experience bringing fantuan to school does Leigh relate?
10. What reasons does Leigh give for sleeping on the downstairs sofa?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Consider the paratextual features of The Astonishing Color of After—the headings of selected chapters, the differences in typeface in certain parts of the novel. What effect do they have on the narrative? How is that effect achieved? What purpose might the effect serve? How might it serve it?
Essay Topic 2
The beginning of Chapter 4 notes that the funeral for Dorothy was an open-casket ceremony. What is the significance of the open casket, considering the cause of death? What in the text suggests that significance? How does it do so?
Essay Topic 3
Leigh notes that the first time she sees Brian cry since Dorothy’s funeral is in her grandparents’ home (57). What significance does it have that this is the case, and how is that significance put across by the novel and its contexts?
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