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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: "ACT II: INT. GOLDEN PALACE".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the seven main sections of Interior Chinatown called?
(a) Chapters.
(b) Acts.
(c) Scenes.
(d) Stanzas.

2. Where does the protagonist live?
(a) On the eighth floor of the Chinatown SRO Apartments.
(b) On the fourth floor of the Chinatown SRO Apartments.
(c) In an unnamed building in Chinatown, with his parents.
(d) In the basement of the Palace of Good Fortune Apartments.

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

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

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 narrator is being sarcastic.
(b) The protagonist is almost desperate in his eagerness to please his father.
(c) The wording is an allusion.
(d) The emotion is a stereotype or cliché.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a cheongsam?

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

3. In "ACT II: INT. GOLDEN PALACE," what happens when the building residents get fed up with their living conditions?

4. After the accident with the hot tea, what visible reminder is there of the protagonist's carelessness?

5. In the flashback in In "ACT II: INT. GOLDEN PALACE," what is special about Friday nights?

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