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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following scents does Leigh associate with her mother?
(a) Frying dough.
(b) Dryer sheets.
(c) Ink and paper.
(d) Coconut shampoo.

2. Which of the following is the name of Caro’s mother?
(a) Cheslin.
(b) Morgan.
(c) Tina.
(d) Mel.

3. Which of the following does Leigh note as present in the market she and Waipo visit on her first full day in Taipei?
(a) Pineapples.
(b) Honeycrisp apples.
(c) Crabapples.
(d) Sugar-apples.

4. Which of the following types of apple do Leigh and Axel harvest in the Lockhart Orchard?
(a) Sonya.
(b) Red Delicious.
(c) Honeycrisp.
(d) Granny Smith.

5. Which of the following does Brian bring as a gift for Waipo?
(a) Milky Way.
(b) Snickers.
(c) Riesen.
(d) Tootsie Rolls.

Short Answer Questions

1. The comment that “the stain on the bedroom floor is as permanent as the sky” (1) offers an example of which of the following?

2. Which of the following does Leigh note as present in the market she and Waipo visit on her first full day in Taipei?

3. Which of the following flavors of fudge does Leigh get while talking with Caro after Dorothy’s funeral?

4. The comment that “Trying to swim my way up out of the exhaustion feels awful” (57) offers an example of which of the following?

5. To which of the following does Leigh compare herself when considering Brian not having hugged her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is what had been Dorothy’s favorite Taoist temple described when Leigh approaches it?

2. What is Leigh’s reaction to meeting Caro’s family?

3. What experience bringing fantuan to school does Leigh relate?

4. What “fun facts” does Leigh note Brian provides about Taipei?

5. How does Leigh describe the stain left behind after the initial cleanup from Dorothy’s suicide?

6. How does Leigh describe the feather she finds in her dresser at her grandparents’ home?

7. How does Leigh describe Waigong upon meeting him?

8. What present does Axel give Leigh for her fourteenth birthday?

9. What signs from Caro does Leigh interpret as disbelief of her account of Dorothy’s transformation?

10. What reasons does Leigh give for asserting that the body in the casket is not her mother?

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