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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 is noted as Jingling’s cause of death?
2. The comment that “She was a sea creature and the music was her ocean” (219) offers an example of which of the following?
3. In which of the following periods does Leigh have art class during her sophomore year?
4. Leigh glosses “ni kan” as which of the following in the novel?
5. To which of the following is Yuanyang’s name compared?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reasons does Leigh cite in the summer before her sophomore year for going out with Axel and Caro?
2. What reasons does Yuanyang have for thinking agricultural work easier than schooling?
3. What challenges does Leigh note in reading the letter to her mother she opened?
4. What Ghost Month offerings does Leigh note after she retrieves Feng?
5. How is Jingling described to Leigh when she asks Waipo about her?
6. How is the sale of the infant Yuanyang to another family justified?
7. What Halloween decorations does Leigh note in the fall of her sophomore year?
8. What reasons does Leigh cite for Waigong moving slower than Waipo?
9. What reasons does Axel give for having broken up with Leanne in the winter of Leigh’s freshman year?
10. What reasons does Leigh cite for needing to find Feng on the forty-fourth day after Dorothy’s death?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
It is not until Chapter 8 that the name of Leigh’s mother is revealed. What purpose is served by the delay in naming her? How is it served?
Essay Topic 2
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 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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