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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. What is the real purpose of the protagonist's visits to his father?
(a) Trying to reunite his father and mother.
(b) Taking care of his father's needs.
(c) Urging his father to go into a retirement home.
(d) Learning about his family's history.

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

3. Who is Phoebe?
(a) The protagonist's daughter.
(b) Dorothy's sister.
(c) Karen's sister.
(d) A rival actress who takes Karen's job.

4. 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.

5. What is Karen Lee's job?
(a) Singer and dancer in the casino.
(b) Undercover vice officer.
(c) Bodyguard.
(d) Casino dealer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What role does Fatty Choy play in the gambling club?

3. What role does Young Fong play in the gambling club?

4. On page 8 is a list of your mother's roles. What do most of these roles have in common?

5. From the discussion of lighting on page 11, what can reasonably be inferred?

(see the answer key)

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