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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 types of sandwich does Axel identify as Leigh’s favorite?
2. Which of the following types of apple do Leigh and Axel harvest in the Lockhart Orchard?
3. As which of the following does Leigh gloss “wo” in the novel?
4. The comment about “That gray body, arranged in the casket like a doll” (68) offers an example of which of the following?
5. Which of the following colors does Leigh associate with Brian’s grief over Dorothy?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Brian note Leigh should not have received the box she reports receiving from the bird Dorothy became?
2. What reasons does Leigh give for sleeping on the downstairs sofa?
3. How does Leigh describe the feather she finds in her dresser at her grandparents’ home?
4. What signs from Caro does Leigh interpret as disbelief of her account of Dorothy’s transformation?
5. Why does Leigh excuse Axel’s “sucking up” to Dorothy (90)?
6. How is what had been Dorothy’s favorite Taoist temple described when Leigh approaches it?
7. What experience bringing fantuan to school does Leigh relate?
8. What is Leigh’s reaction to meeting Caro’s family?
9. What reasons does Leigh note for thinking her bicycle and Axel’s romantic?
10. What reasons does Leigh note for doubting her grandmother’s favorable description of her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Leigh notes that “It calms me to see everything more clearly, to note the sharp corners of the piano bench, the straightness of the curtains draping down against the window” (36)? Why might Leigh take comfort from straight, sharp edges? What in the text and in experience suggests that reason? How does it do so?
Essay Topic 2
The Astonishing Color of After is composed of many chapters, no few of which are quite short—one to two pages. What function is served by the number and size of chapters, and how is it served by them?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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