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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What profession did Pong's parents hold?
(a) They were international traders.
(b) They were professors.
(c) They were farmers.
(d) They were doctors.

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

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

4. Who were Pong's foster brothers that regularly beat him after he was separated from his parents?
(a) Sun and Li.
(b) Drum and Lucky.
(c) Bai and Jun.
(d) Heng and Fu.

5. What did Tiller and his fellow dishwashers call the food set aside from plates before they went into the washer?
(a) The Basin.
(b) The Buffet.
(c) The Red Line.
(d) The Toilet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Pong's wife's name?

2. What is Tiller's last name?

3. Where did Victor Jr. say Liam liked to go bowling in Chapter 7?

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

5. The Red Guard that shouted at the college dean in Pong's story from Chapter 9 said that Chairman Mao deployed them as what throughout the land?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where had Val disappeared to before her return in Chapter 10?

2. How did Pong describe jamu to Tiller in Chapter 4?

3. What is an example of foreshadowing or red herrings in Chapter 7?

4. What passion did VeeJ adopt in Chapter 5? What led to this newfound hobby?

5. What did Tiller tell his father when he prepared to depart for Asia with Pong and his business partner?

6. From what narrative point of view is the story related? Why is this important?

7. What was Pong's foster home like? Where was it located?

8. Who invited Tiller on the Asia trip and why?

9. How is the motif of food and ingestion highlighted in Chapter 8?

10. What happened at the playground in Chapter 6?

(see the answer keys)

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