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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What subjects does Tiller assist Victor Jr. with in his homeschooling?
(a) Social studies and arts.
(b) Music and literature.
(c) Reading and writing.
(d) Math and science.

2. Who is the neighborhood kid whose bike Tiller took when he followed the SUV in Chapter 1?
(a) Lucky.
(b) Clark.
(c) Getty.
(d) Rafe.

3. Where did Victor Jr. say Liam liked to go bowling in Chapter 7?
(a) Trinity Bowl.
(b) Lester Lanes.
(c) Lost Lanes.
(d) Rock-a-Bowl.

4. What is the name of the yogurt shop where Tiller met with Pong for the first time after the golf course?
(a) Sweet Treats.
(b) WTF Yo!
(c) Ben & Kerry's.
(d) Rockin' Rage.

5. What is the "grease-soaked foot-long hoagie" called that Val buys for Victor Jr.?
(a) The Italian.
(b) The Reuben.
(c) The Fatty Flo.
(d) The Widowmaker.

6. Who helped Tiller clean up the mess in Chapter 7?
(a) VeeJ.
(b) Val.
(c) Leon.
(d) Keefer.

7. What was Val's mother's profession?
(a) She was a nurse.
(b) She was a teacher.
(c) She was a painter.
(d) She was a doctor.

8. Where was Pong's father ordered to serve a labor sentence at a coal mining factory?
(a) Mongolia.
(b) Elba Island.
(c) Siberia.
(d) North Korea.

9. Where did the man in the dark SUV say he worked when he met Tiller in Chapter 1?
(a) The Postal Service.
(b) The FBI.
(c) The CIA.
(d) The VA.

10. What is Tiller's last name?
(a) Pan.
(b) Bardmon.
(c) Weinberg.
(d) Wilson.

11. Who was the stall owner that was accosted by the Red Guards in Pong's story from Chapter 9?
(a) Jun.
(b) Lucky.
(c) Bai.
(d) Yu.

12. What kind of liquor did Pong provide shots of when Tiller first met him and went out with him and his friends?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Gin.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Tequila.

13. Where was Tiller's cleaning lady from when he was growing up?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) Poland.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

14. What did Pong administer to Tiller when he got nauseated after eating yogurt at Pong's shop?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Opium.
(c) Salvia.
(d) Marijuana.

15. What was Pong's father's name?
(a) Shang.
(b) Shen.
(c) Jun.
(d) Bai.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Pong's last name?

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)?

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

4. In Pong's story from Chapter 9, Meng Pei destroyed a replica of what statue?

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?

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