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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: "ACT III: ETHNIC RECURRING".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the point of view used in Interior Chinatown?
(a) Third person limited.
(b) First person.
(c) Third person omniscient.
(d) Second person.

2. What does the abbreviation "INT." stand for in setting descriptions?
(a) International.
(b) Interior.
(c) Interjection.
(d) Introduction.

3. In the opening of "ACT III: ETHNIC RECURRING," what stereotype about Chinese cultural values does the dialogue of Black and White fixate on?
(a) Honor means everything.
(b) Educational achievement means everything.
(c) The community means everything.
(d) Obedience to one's parents means everything.

4. What does the Mini Boss offer Green and Turner as a bribe?
(a) Women.
(b) Cash.
(c) Information.
(d) Drugs.

5. As the protagonist's father listens to the protagonist delivering his lines, why does he start to look disappointed?
(a) The protagonist turns out to be a terrible actor.
(b) The protagonist is speaking in broken English.
(c) The protagonist has lines full of Chinese stereotypes.
(d) The protagonist is copying a speech that Older Brother once gave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a reasonable summary of the poem on page 6?

2. What role does the protagonist play throughout most of "ACT III: ETHNIC RECURRING"?

3. In "ACT II: INT. GOLDEN PALACE," who is standing by the protagonist's door when he arrives home after work?

4. Why did Ming-Chen Wu and Older Brother argue?

5. When the novel opens, what role does the protagonist play?

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