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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. Which of the following colors does Leigh associate with Brian’s grief over Dorothy?
2. Which of the following does Leigh note available for sale along the path to what had been Dorothy’s favorite Taoist temple?
3. With which of the following is Dorothy’s suicide note found?
4. As which of the following does Leigh gloss the term “bwabwei” in the novel?
5. Which of the following does Leigh note as present in the market she and Waipo visit on her first full day in Taipei?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Leigh describe Waigong upon meeting him?
2. What does Leigh note about her fourteenth birthday?
3. What reasons does Leigh cite for others thinking Dorothy was happy?
4. What present does Axel give Leigh for her fourteenth birthday?
5. What reasons does Leigh note for thinking her bicycle and Axel’s romantic?
6. How is what had been Dorothy’s favorite Taoist temple described when Leigh approaches it?
7. What is contained in the box the bird Dorothy became left for Leigh?
8. On her way to Taipei from the United States, Leigh muses on encroaching coldness. She offers two ideas about it; what are they?
9. How does Leigh contrast Axel’s appearance at the funeral with his usual appearance?
10. What reason is given to Leigh for the change to the pastry shop’s logo?
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
It is not until Chapter 39 that Leigh’s grandmother gets a name—Yuanyang. What purpose is served by the delay in naming her? How is it served?
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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