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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. Near which of the following does Waipo report having been born?
(a) Miaoli County.
(b) Yuanshan Township.
(c) Tamsui River.
(d) Alibung Mountain.

2. Which of the following colors of tea does Yuanyang pour for her uncle at the Lunar New Year?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Green.
(d) Red.

3. Which of the following does Leigh give Dorothy for Christmas?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) A sweater.
(c) A book.
(d) A drawing.

4. Which of the following does Axel play?
(a) Electric bass.
(b) Upright bass.
(c) Guitar.
(d) Trap set.

5. What does Feng report that the bird Dorothy became told her?
(a) Go to Leigh.
(b) Go to bed.
(c) Go away.
(d) Go home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Leigh note having to eat at camp?

2. Which of the following colors does Leigh associate with guilt?

3. In which of the following towns does Leigh live?

4. Which of the following does Leigh burn along with the strange incense?

5. As which of the following is “hao chi” glossed in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does Leigh cite in the summer before her sophomore year for refusing piano lessons from Dorothy?

2. What does Leigh note makes her Christmas “almost normal” (193), as opposed to fully normal?

3. What challenges does Leigh note in reading the letter to her mother she opened?

4. What prank does Axel note playing on a younger cousin at Christmas?

5. What reasons does Leigh cite for needing to find Feng on the forty-fourth day after Dorothy’s death?

6. What reasons does Leigh give for wanting her father to stay away from home?

7. What Halloween decorations does Leigh note in the fall of her sophomore year?

8. What reasons does Leigh give for demurring to open the letters to her mother?

9. What are the contents of Dorothy’s birthday gift to an eight-year-old Leigh?

10. What reasons does Axel give for having broken up with Leanne in the winter of Leigh’s freshman year?

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