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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "ACT I: GENERIC ASIAN MAN".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a reasonable summary of the poem on page 6?
(a) Sometimes your only choice is to build a life out of the scraps you are given.
(b) Your reactions are what matters, not what happens to you.
(c) If you believe in yourself, you can do anything.
(d) There are no small roles, only small actors.

2. Where does the protagonist's mother live?
(a) With him.
(b) Down the hall from his father.
(c) In another city's Chinatown.
(d) With his father.

3. Who is "Older Brother"?
(a) A semi-mythic "ideal" Asian man.
(b) The protagonist's older brother.
(c) Sifu's older brother.
(d) It is their name for Bruce Lee.

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

5. What words could be said to summarize the "Repertoire" listed on page 7?
(a) Limited, stereotypical.
(b) Bitter, demanding.
(c) Ambiguous, vague.
(d) Ambitious, unrealistic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the seven main sections of Interior Chinatown called?

2. In the resume on page 7, what kind of "face" is listed under "Skills"?

3. What is the "terminal, ultimate, exalted position for any Asian working in this world" (12)?

4. What is "drunken monkey" (13)?

5. According to the list on page 11, what is the role where most Asian male actors get stuck as their careers progress?

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