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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: "ACT V: KUNG FU DAD".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the protagonist live?
(a) On the eighth floor of the Chinatown SRO Apartments.
(b) In an unnamed building in Chinatown, with his parents.
(c) In the basement of the Palace of Good Fortune Apartments.
(d) On the fourth floor of the Chinatown SRO Apartments.

2. In the opening of "ACT III: ETHNIC RECURRING," what stereotype about Chinese cultural values does the dialogue of Black and White fixate on?
(a) Educational achievement means everything.
(b) The community means everything.
(c) Honor means everything.
(d) Obedience to one's parents means everything.

3. In what way does the Old Asian Man break character?
(a) He makes faces behind the backs of the main characters.
(b) He says that he can speak English and smiles at the protagonist.
(c) He tells a rude joke and laughs at his own joke.
(d) He starts doing kung fu moves in the middle of a scene.

4. When the protagonist offers to play with Phoebe, where does she retreat?
(a) To Karen's room.
(b) To the set of her show.
(c) To her castle.
(d) To her imaginary "school."

5. Why did Ming-Chen Wu and Older Brother argue?
(a) Older Brother wanted to loan Ming-Chen Wu money.
(b) Ming-Chen Wu caught Older Brother gambling.
(c) Ming-Chen Wu asked Older Brother to train the protagonist in kung fu.
(d) Older Brother boasted that his kung fu was better than Ming-Chen Wu's.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the protagonist's friends and neighbors react when he appears in the kitchen of the Golden Palace?

2. What worry does the protagonist have about staying with Karen and Phoebe?

3. What role does the protagonist play throughout most of "ACT III: ETHNIC RECURRING"?

4. In the beginning of "ACT III: ETHNIC RECURRING," what is the protagonist trying to accomplish with much of his dialogue?

5. What stereotypical musical sound does Black and White use?

(see the answer key)

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