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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. What did Constance do with Tiller after he had been drugged by the candy in Chapter 17?
2. In what grade was Tiller when he describes staying home with the flu in Chapter 12?
3. Where did the chef Chilies grow up?
4. What colonial influence is described in Macau's architecture in Chapter 15?
5. What did Wilbur drink like it was beer, according to Pruitt in Chapter 19?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is significant about the candies that Chilies gave Tiller in Chapter 17?
2. How is Drum Kappagoda's estate described in Chapter 17?
3. Who is Chilies and how is he described?
4. What does "20 Whet" refer to and why is it important to the story?
5. What uncomfortable encounter does Tiller describe involving Lucky's mother in Chapter 12?
6. How old was Tiller when his mother left? How does he describe her leaving?
7. What led to Pong buying Tiller the knife in Chapter 12?
8. How is Constance described?
9. How is the setting of Evergreen Shores described?
10. How is Lily Zhang described in Chapter 13?
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
Identify and discuss three examples of symbolism in My Year Abroad. What does the symbol represent? How does it connect to the novel's themes? Why is it important?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the theme of reconciling the past and the present in My Year Abroad. How does the nonlinear structure of the novel lend itself to this theme? How does Tiller develop as a character as he begins to reconcile his past? Where does he stand at the novel's ending in this regard?
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