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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. When the novel opens, what role does the protagonist play?
(a) Oriental Guy Making a Weird Face.
(b) Background Oriental Male.
(c) Silent Henchman.
(d) Dead Asian Man.

2. What is revealed about Phoebe's feelings about her father in her soliloquy in ACT V: KUNG FU DAD"?
(a) She barely remembers her father.
(b) She is angry and is trying to push him away.
(c) She is very hurt by his behavior toward her.
(d) She idealizes and misses him.

3. Why does the protagonist finally step into the spotlight during the filming of Black and White?
(a) He is afraid that this time the officers will really shoot the Old Asian Man.
(b) He is genuinely concerned that the Old Asian Man might get fired for not speaking English.
(c) He cannot stand that his father seems to have accepted his role as a passive object.
(d) He can no longer put up with the casually racist jokes on the set.

4. What stereotypical musical sound does Black and White use?
(a) A guqin.
(b) A gong.
(c) An erhu.
(d) A guzheng.

5. On page 195, when the protagonist questions Karen's choice of a place to bring Phoebe up, what does Karen reply?
(a) "You lost the right to make that decision."
(b) "Sometimes grown-ups need to make hard choices."
(c) "That was your choice."
(d) "You'll figure it out."

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ming-Chen Wu gets the role as Sifu, what does it cause him to realize?

2. What does the phrase "a castle in the air" refer to?

3. What reason does a recruiter give Ming-Chen Wu for no one wanting to hire him?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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