3. How soon before Nam’s father’s visit does he tell his girlfriend his father is coming?
(a) Two weeks before.
(b) One month before.
(c) The night before.
(d) A week before.

4. What is Jamie’s nickname, which he is upset to find out his father knows when he hears him telling his mother about it during the storm?
(a) Loose Ball Jamie.
(b) Loose Cannon Jamie.
(c) No Game Jamie.
(d) No Goals Jamie.

5. What was found near Dory and his uncle’s house that gives Jamie a chill to think of when talking with Alison?
(a) The body of a young woman.
(b) The body of an old lady.
(c) The body of a young man.
(d) The body of a dog.

6. What does Luis ask the narrator when he has his gun pointing at his target’s face?
(a) If he has the right guy.
(b) What he should do next.
(c) If he should let him go.
(d) If he should kill him fast.

7. What name does Henry use for Elise’s fiancé when discussing him with Jacob Apelman?
(a) The Chump.
(b) The Parasiter.
(c) The Loser.
(d) The Leech.

8. What does Nam find his father has done to his story by the river?
(a) Sold it.
(b) Thrown it in the river.
(c) Burned it.
(d) Read it.

9. Why is the window in Claudia’s house missing?
(a) It broke and they could not afford to fix it.
(b) They had been robbed recently.
(c) It has been so hot they had it removed.
(d) Her mother jumped through it.

10. After Linda reads Nam’s story at the coffee shop, what does she tell him he is doing to his father in order to forgive him for abusing him?
(a) Lying about him.
(b) Making him seem too nice.
(c) Sugarcoating his story.
(d) Romanticizing his past.

11. Who does Nam’s father ask about as they walk to the river?
(a) Nam’s brother.
(b) Nam’s teacher.
(c) Nam’s mother.
(d) Nam’s girlfriend.

12. Which member of the group urges the narrator to help them with the with their “business on behalf of Luis” (30)?
(a) Claudia.
(b) Eduardo.
(c) Pedro.
(d) Carlos.

13. Jamie’s mother says people always ask if she is okay, but never ask her what?
(a) If she wants to move.
(b) If she is happy.
(c) If she wants to eat.
(d) If she is in pain.

14. What do some of Nam’s friends suggest he write because it is “hot” (9)?
(a) Ethnic literature.
(b) Flash fiction.
(c) Autobiography.
(d) A memoir.

15. What does Cale tell Jamie about his dead girlfriend whose necklace he wears?
(a) She committed suicide.
(b) He made her up.
(c) She is alive and lives in Cairns.
(d) He killed her.