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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. 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?
2. What mess was Tiller left to clean up in Chapter 7?
3. What was Pong's mother's given name?
4. What was the name of Val's brother that died as a child?
5. What is the name of the yogurt shop where Tiller met with Pong for the first time after the golf course?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Perry reveal about his daughter in Chapter 8? How did the others respond?
2. How does the narrative style of the novel shift in Chapter 9? Why is this significant?
3. How did Pong describe jamu to Tiller in Chapter 4?
4. What were Tiller's circumstances like when he met Pong?
5. Why was Pong's father detained by the Red Guards?
6. What information about her past did Val relate to Tiller when they met?
7. Where did Tiller go to meet Pong in Chapter 8? Who was with Pong?
8. Describe the setting of WTF Yo! Why is this setting important?
9. What passion did VeeJ adopt in Chapter 5? What led to this newfound hobby?
10. Where does Tiller describe going with VeeJ in Chapter 7? Why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the thematic handing of the loss of the mother in My Year Abroad. What characters in the novel have lost their mothers? How has their loss impacted them? How does Tiller come to terms with the loss of his mother in the course of the story?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the role of irony in My Year Abroad. What are three examples of when irony appears in the novel, and how is the author using it?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the motifs of food and music throughout My Year Abroad. What songs and musical artists are referenced or alluded to, and why? What different cuisines are described? What is the symbolic meaning of food, hunger, vomiting, and food preparation?
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