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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 people call the pop-up restaurant at Val and Tiller's home in Chapter 16?
2. What career had Minori given up when she began working at the restaurant where she met Pong?
3. Who was Tiller's family doctor in Dunbar?
4. What did Constance do with Tiller after he had been drugged by the candy in Chapter 17?
5. Who wrote and recorded the song "Caravan" that Tiller sang at the karaoke club?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is significant about the candies that Chilies gave Tiller in Chapter 17?
2. What uncomfortable encounter does Tiller describe involving Lucky's mother in Chapter 12?
3. What did Constance do to Tiller after he ate the candies?
4. What foreshadowing can be seen in Chapter 13?
5. What does "20 Whet" refer to and why is it important to the story?
6. How is Pruitt described?
7. Who is Chilies and how is he described?
8. What kind of yoga event was taking place at the Kappagoda estate when Tiller visited?
9. How old was Tiller when his mother left? How does he describe her leaving?
10. What led to Pong buying Tiller the knife in Chapter 12?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Discuss the timeline of events and narrative structure in My Year Abroad. How does the author distinguish between the different timelines in the novel? What are the main timelines? What stories step beyond those timelines? How does this structure lend itself to the story? How does it create tension?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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