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

2. What is Lucky's last name?
(a) Wu.
(b) Pan.
(c) Kappagoda.
(d) Choi.

3. What is the name of the town where Tiller grew up?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Dunbar.
(c) Trenton.
(d) Malvern.

4. 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) Tequila.
(c) Gin.
(d) Vodka.

5. What name did Lucky push for Pong's jamu beverages?
(a) Lucky Pong Elixirs.
(b) Lucky's Elixirs.
(c) Jamu Pong.
(d) Pong's Elixirs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Pong's mother's given name?

2. Where did Tiller tell Val he was from when they first met?

3. Who was Pong's business partner that invited Tiller to go to Asia on an investment trip in Chapter 8?

4. To what province was Pong sent with a foster family after his parents were taken into custody?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrative style of the novel shift in Chapter 9? Why is this significant?

2. What did Tiller do once he landed in Honolulu in Chapter 11?

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

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

5. Where does Tiller describe going with VeeJ in Chapter 7? Why?

6. Why was Pong's father detained by the Red Guards?

7. What is the significance of the scene at the quarry in Chapter 5?

8. What recent "good thing" (14) does Tiller describe having done for Val in Chapter 1?

9. What information about her past did Val relate to Tiller when they met?

10. What happened at the playground in Chapter 6?

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