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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 note the sky in Taipei is when she and Brian arrive there?
2. Which of the following does Brian bring as a gift for Waipo?
3. As which of the following does Leigh gloss “hunxie” in the novel?
4. Which of the following colors does Leigh associate with Brian’s grief over Dorothy?
5. The comment that “my mind went blank, like a computer screen shutting down” (16) offers an example of which of the following?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Leigh advance as a working definition of family?
2. How is what had been Dorothy’s favorite Taoist temple described when Leigh approaches it?
3. What reason is given to Leigh for the change to the pastry shop’s logo?
4. How is the Buddhist temple where Dorothy spent the most time in Taiwan described when Leigh approaches it?
5. What does Leigh note as of interest in the park she visits with Waipo on her first full day in Taipei?
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 is contained in the box the bird Dorothy became left for Leigh?
8. What reasons does Leigh give for her quickly taking a liking to Caro?
9. What reasons does Leigh give for asserting that the body in the casket is not her mother?
10. What actions does Leigh take to try to assuage herself the day after Dorothy’s funeral?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Consider the epigraph from Emily Dickinson: “If I should see a single bird.” Typically, epigraphs suggest one or more of the themes of the works they introduce. Does the epigraph on The Astonishing Color of After effectively suggest one or more of the novel’s themes? If so, how? If not, what purpose does the epigraph serve, and how does it achieve 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
Explicate the imagery of the cicada that permeates the novel.
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