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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 having to eat at camp?
2. Which of the following does Brian give Leigh for Christmas?
3. Which of the following does Tina cook for Dorothy and Leigh after Dorothy calls 911 on herself?
4. To which of the following does Leigh go on the forty-sixth day after Dorothy’s death?
5. Which of the following does Leigh note Axel earns hourly?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Jingling described to Leigh when she asks Waipo about her?
2. What are the contents of Dorothy’s birthday gift to an eight-year-old Leigh?
3. What reasons does Leigh cite for Waigong moving slower than Waipo?
4. What story do Axel and Leanne tell about jazz band?
5. What reasons does Leigh cite in the summer before her sophomore year for refusing piano lessons from Dorothy?
6. What reasons does Leigh cite for needing to find Feng on the forty-fourth day after Dorothy’s death?
7. What reason does Axel give for saying “you got your suspenders all in a twist” (342-43)?
8. How does Leigh apologize to Feng?
9. What reasons does Axel give for having broken up with Leanne in the winter of Leigh’s freshman year?
10. What does Leigh call the “elephant in the room” when Brian suggests sending her to summer camp (229-30)?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Should The Astonishing Color of After be regarded as a work of magical realism? Why or why not, based on the text and your understanding of magical realism as a genre?
Essay Topic 2
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?
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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