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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. Where was the rare whiskey from that Pong offered Tiller when he first visited Pong's house?
2. What name did Pong propose for his company producing jamu drinks?
3. What purpose does the city where Tiller lives serve for him, according to the narrative in Chapter 1?
4. What was Pong's father's name?
5. How old is Victor Jr. said to be in Chapter 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. What setting is described in Chapter 2? What are Tiller's thoughts about this setting?
2. What is the name of Pong's jamu product? Who named it and what does the name mean?
3. How does the narrative style of the novel shift in Chapter 9? Why is this significant?
4. How is Getty described? Why was he at Lucky's Hawaii home?
5. From what narrative point of view is the story related? Why is this important?
6. Why was Pong's father detained by the Red Guards?
7. What was Pong's foster home like? Where was it located?
8. What did Tiller tell his father when he prepared to depart for Asia with Pong and his business partner?
9. What information about her past did Val relate to Tiller when they met?
10. How are Pong's parents described?
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 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 theme of mental illness and suicide in My Year Abroad. What characters suffer from mental illness? How does it manifest in their actions and behaviors? What are Tiller's thoughts about mental illness?
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