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

2. Where was the rare whiskey from that Pong offered Tiller when he first visited Pong's house?
(a) Scotland.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Japan.

3. What did Tiller do when he biked away from the man in the dark SUV in Chapter 1?
(a) He called the police.
(b) He threw a rock through the windshield.
(c) He slashed a tire.
(d) He rode his bike into a bus.

4. What was the duration of Pong's father's sentence to hard labor?
(a) 9 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 12 years.
(d) 7 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what restaurant did Tiller meet with Pong and his business partners for the first time in Chapter 8?

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

3. At what company did Pong work when Tiller met him?

4. Who did Pong describe as his part-Sri Lankan, part-Chinese business partner in his business venture in producing jamu?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Pong describe Drum Kappagoda to Tiller in Chapter 4?

4. What happened at the playground in Chapter 6?

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

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

7. How are Pong's parents described?

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

9. What is the name of Pong's jamu product? Who named it and what does the name mean?

10. Where and how did Tiller and Val meet?

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