A Visit from the Goon Squad

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-book review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. What does Sasha’s lying about her age in the first chapter show in relation to the theme of Time?

A) She is uncomfortable with the passage of time.

B) She feels stuck in the past.

C) She believes herself to be out of time.

D) She has anxiety around getting older.

2. In the beginning of A Visit from the Goon Squad, why might Bennie feel stuck in time?

A) He constantly loops shameful memories in his head.

B) He can’t find new bands to sign to Sow’s Ear Records.

C) He feels like his son never gets older.

D) He is unsuccessful in his career.

3. What is implied by the mirroring of scenes between Lou sharing cocaine with Jocelyn and Rhea and Bennie sharing gold flakes with Chris and Sasha?

A) That Lou is Bennie’s father

B) That Bennie has become like Lou, aging past his prime

C) That Bennie is able to make better choices than Lou did

D) That Lou ruined Bennie’s life

4. What is significant about Chronos’s name in Kenya?

A) It is Greek for “time,” playing with how Egan uses time in the novel.

B) It is Greek for “life,” showing how we all survive, just as Chronos survives his encounter with a lion.

C) It is Greek for “life,” symbolizing how this novel is a story of lives lived.