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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: "ACT IV: STRIVING IMMIGRANT".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Allen, Ming-Wu's college roommate, die?
(a) He is executed for murder.
(b) He is the victim of a hate crime.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) A deliberate overdose.

2. On page 102, when the protagonist first sees Fatty Choy, what does Choy say to him?
(a) "Congrats."
(b) "Show off."
(c) "Be careful."
(d) "Sellout."

3. What is "drunken monkey" (13)?
(a) A noodle dish.
(b) A low-status acting role.
(c) A cocktail.
(d) A form of kung fu.

4. Why do Dorothy and Ming-Chen Wu end up renting a place to live at the Chinatown SRO?
(a) They are trying to save money to buy a house.
(b) No one else will rent to them because of their race.
(c) They dream of being actors on a hit television show.
(d) The Chinatown SRO Apartments are the only place they can afford.

5. What always happens in the scene from Black and White that recurs throughout "ACT II: INT. GOLDEN PALACE"?
(a) The main characters interrogate an Asian man sweeping the restaurant.
(b) The main characters discuss the body of a dead Asian man.
(c) The main characters shoot an unarmed Asian man.
(d) The main characters break character and laugh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "White Lady Cop's" name?

2. In the opening of "ACT III: ETHNIC RECURRING," what stereotype about Chinese cultural values does the dialogue of Black and White fixate on?

3. Who is Phoebe?

4. What is the name of the police unit featured in Black and White?

5. On page 56, how does his mother explain the promise she extracts from the protagonist?

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