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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. After the accident with the hot tea, what visible reminder is there of the protagonist's carelessness?
(a) Scars on his mother's wrists and arms.
(b) A permanent tea stain on the floor.
(c) The broken teapot cannot be mended.
(d) Scratches in the floor.

2. How old is Ming-Chen Wu when the 2/28 Incident takes place?
(a) 7 years old.
(b) He is not yet born.
(c) 16 years old.
(d) 1 month old.

3. What is so special about Older Brother?
(a) He never changes anything about himself to please non-Asian audiences.
(b) He is the head of the most powerful Asian gang in Chinatown.
(c) He is the perfect blend of authenticity and assimilation.
(d) He uses his money to take care of everyone in Chinatown who is in need.

4. What is the stated purpose of the protagonist's visits to his father?
(a) Delivering medications.
(b) Practicing lines.
(c) Kung fu lessons.
(d) Cleaning his father's home.

5. What is the "Floating Latina"?
(a) A Latina actress whose character is found drowned.
(b) A Latina actress who is sometimes featured in the background of posters.
(c) A Latina actress with a peculiar way of walking across the set.
(d) A Latina actress who takes different Latina roles in different episodes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ming-Chen Wu's first American job?

2. What is the real purpose of the protagonist's visits to his father?

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

4. Who has played "Guy in a Soiled T-shirt" (9)?

5. When the protagonist is finally given the role of Kung Fu Guy, how does he react?

(see the answer key)

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