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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 does Leigh note is a language announcing the stops on the train she and Waipo take to find Feng?
2. Which of the following do Leigh and Axel take to Caro’s photoshoot at the creek?
3. Which of the following colors does Leigh associate with separation from Axel?
4. The novel glosses “waiguo ren” as which of the following?
5. Which of the following colors does Leigh claim to see in the darkness?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Axel posit would happen if art were stripped from Leigh?
2. With what conversation does Tina attempt to distract Dorothy and Leigh after Dorothy calls 911 on herself?
3. In the winter of Leigh’s freshman year, what does she do on weekends at Caro’s?
4. What does Leigh note makes her Christmas “almost normal” (193), as opposed to fully normal?
5. What reasons does Leigh cite for needing to find Feng on the forty-fourth day after Dorothy’s death?
6. What reasons does Yuanyang have for thinking agricultural work easier than schooling?
7. What reason does Axel give for saying “you got your suspenders all in a twist” (342-43)?
8. What does Leigh call the “elephant in the room” when Brian suggests sending her to summer camp (229-30)?
9. What reasons does Leigh give for wanting her father to stay away from home?
10. What prank does Axel note playing on a younger cousin at Christmas?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
What significance does Nagori’s misreading of Leigh’s hesitation about submitting to an international art contest have. (He thinks it stems from concerns about the submission fee, rather than parental opposition [296].) How does that significance emerge?
Essay Topic 3
Much is made in the novel about emails Leigh receives—rather than text messages or voicemail. What function does the choice or reported medium (i.e. email) have in the novel? How is that function achieved?
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