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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. What does the protagonist know about the dangerous-looking people in the casino?
(a) They are all very religious.
(b) They are mostly fry-cooks and waiters.
(c) They do not have very good kung fu skills.
(d) They are all A-students.

2. Who says, on page 96, "I'm not a person, I'm a category"?
(a) Turner.
(b) Green.
(c) The protagonist.
(d) Ming-Chen Wu.

3. On page 56, how does his mother explain the promise she extracts from the protagonist?
(a) She wants him to "be attentive."
(b) She wants him to "try harder."
(c) She wants him to "be more."
(d) She wants him to "be a better son."

4. What does the protagonist think about telling Turner the truth about?
(a) His kung fu ability.
(b) His father's situation.
(c) His education and his ability to speak English.
(d) His mixed feelings about the role he is playing.

5. In the page 13 description of the fatherly pride that the protagonist yearns to see, what do all of the capital letters indicate?
(a) The wording is an allusion.
(b) The emotion is a stereotype or cliché.
(c) The narrator is being sarcastic.
(d) The protagonist is almost desperate in his eagerness to please his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Allen, Ming-Wu's college roommate, die?

2. On page 102, when the protagonist first sees Fatty Choy, what does Choy say to him?

3. When the protagonist runs into "Attractive Officer" by the donut table, who else does she point out is "invisible" in the world of Black and White?

4. What is "Black Dude Cop's" real name?

5. On page 8 is a list of your mother's roles. What do most of these roles have in common?

(see the answer key)

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