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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom is the following epigraph in the opening of the book attributed? "Music in the soul can be heard by the universe" (9)?
(a) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(b) Lao Tzu.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) Sartre.

2. What image appeared on Pong's card, according to the narrator in Chapter 3?
(a) A peach tree.
(b) A watermelon wedge.
(c) A blue triangle.
(d) A golden rose.

3. How large does Pong describe his father's Mao portrait in Chapter 9?
(a) 3 by 6 meters.
(b) 3 by 4 meters.
(c) 2 by 3 meters.
(d) 4 by 6 meters.

4. Who is described as Tiller's older cousin that scared him growing up, according to the narrative in Chapter 11?
(a) Jasper.
(b) Drew.
(c) James.
(d) John.

5. What was Pong's mother's given name?
(a) Sun.
(b) Jun.
(c) Bai.
(d) Niu.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose public degradation and sentencing to hard labor led Pong's mother to quit her job?

2. By what name does Tiller refer to the city where he lives in Chapter 1?

3. How is Pong's profession described in Chapter 2?

4. Where was Pong's father ordered to serve a labor sentence at a coal mining factory?

5. What is the name of Pong's father?

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