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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) WTF Yo!
(c) Ben & Kerry's.
(d) Sweet Treats.

2. Where did Pong's father go shopping every morning, which irked Pong?
(a) Dollar General.
(b) Surplus Cutter's.
(c) Trixie's Groceries.
(d) Food For Less.

3. Where was Pong's childhood babysitter from?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Texas.
(c) Burma.
(d) Indonesia.

4. What was the name of Val's brother that died as a child?
(a) Leon.
(b) Lou.
(c) James.
(d) Richard.

5. What does Tiller say his dad's name is in Chapter 2?
(a) James.
(b) Robert.
(c) Louis.
(d) Clark.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tiller do when he biked away from the man in the dark SUV in Chapter 1?

2. How old does Patel say he is in Chapter 8?

3. Whose public degradation and sentencing to hard labor led Pong's mother to quit her job?

4. What did Pong call his babysitter growing up?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Mao refer to? What is the basic history of this individual?

2. What did Perry reveal about his daughter in Chapter 8? How did the others respond?

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

4. How are Pong's parents described?

5. Where and how did Tiller and Val meet?

6. What setting is described in Chapter 2? What are Tiller's thoughts about this setting?

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

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

9. What were Tiller's circumstances like when he met Pong?

10. What were Tiller's first impressions of Pong when they met?

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