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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 Brian bring as a gift for Waipo?
2. On which of the following floors do Leigh’s grandparents live?
3. Which of the following smells does Leigh note on Alex?
4. Which of the following does Leigh note in Taipei as she and Brian make their way to her grandparents’ home?
5. Which of the following does Leigh note for sale by the breakfast shop she and Waipo visit the morning after her first use of the strange incense?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Leigh imagine Axel composing in response to the park she visits with Waipo on her first full day in Taipei?
2. What reasons does Leigh note for doubting her grandmother’s favorable description of her?
3. What does Leigh advance as a working definition of family?
4. What are bwabwei in the novel?
5. How is the Buddhist temple where Dorothy spent the most time in Taiwan described when Leigh approaches it?
6. How does Leigh contrast Axel’s appearance at the funeral with his usual appearance?
7. On her way to Taipei from the United States, Leigh muses on encroaching coldness. She offers two ideas about it; what are they?
8. What experience bringing fantuan to school does Leigh relate?
9. How does Leigh describe her late mother, physically?
10. How is what had been Dorothy’s favorite Taoist temple described when Leigh approaches it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explicate the imagery of the cicada that permeates the novel.
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
Consider the paratextual features of The Astonishing Color of After—the headings of selected chapters, the differences in typeface in certain parts of the novel. What effect do they have on the narrative? How is that effect achieved? What purpose might the effect serve? How might it serve it?
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