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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Pong's last name?
(a) Kappagoda.
(b) Wong.
(c) Lou.
(d) Pan.

2. 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) Ernest Hemingway.
(c) Sartre.
(d) Lao Tzu.

3. Who was Pong's foreman for his basement renovation?
(a) Drum.
(b) Lucky.
(c) Pikette.
(d) Bai.

4. What did Pikette want to open a chain of, according to Tiller in Chapter 2?
(a) Concert venues.
(b) Laundromats.
(c) Massage studios.
(d) Mani-pedi studios.

5. Where did Anand's wife return to live with her family when her husband left her, according to Bags's story in Chapter 8?
(a) Dubai.
(b) Paris.
(c) Chennai.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Val call Tiller when they met?

2. What is the "grease-soaked foot-long hoagie" called that Val buys for Victor Jr.?

3. How old is Victor Jr. said to be in Chapter 1?

4. Where did Pong live in 1966?

5. How does Tiller describe his age in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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