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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the flashback in In "ACT II: INT. GOLDEN PALACE," what does the protagonist's mother make him promise?
(a) To take a job outside of Chinatown.
(b) To stop practicing kung fu inside the apartment.
(c) Not to grow up to be Kung Fu Guy.
(d) To bury her in China when she dies.

2. In what way does the Old Asian Man break character?
(a) He starts doing kung fu moves in the middle of a scene.
(b) He says that he can speak English and smiles at the protagonist.
(c) He tells a rude joke and laughs at his own joke.
(d) He makes faces behind the backs of the main characters.

3. What is the name of the police unit featured in Black and White?
(a) The Major Crimes Unit.
(b) The Impossible Crimes Unit.
(c) The Unsolved Crimes Unit.
(d) The Special Crimes Unit.

4. As the protagonist is trying to get the bickering detectives to focus, what piece of information does he accidentally reveal?
(a) Ming Chen-Wu is his father.
(b) Older Brother is missing.
(c) Fatty Choy is in a gang.
(d) There is an underground casino in Chinatown.

5. Why do the other women shun The Hostess?
(a) She is not Chinese.
(b) She has quit the show.
(c) She often plays prostitutes.
(d) She does not respect her elders.

6. What do the detectives learn that sends them looking for the protagonist's father?
(a) Ming-Chen Wu was once Sifu, the kung fu master.
(b) Ming-Chen Wu was the last person to see the dead man alive.
(c) Ming-Chen Wu knows where the illegal casino is.
(d) Ming-Chen Wu owns the gun that killed Dead Asian Guy.

7. On page 93, to whom does the protagonist deliver the line "You move slow, like a turtle"?
(a) His father.
(b) Young Fong.
(c) Fatty Choy.
(d) Turner.

8. Where did the protagonist's family immigrate from?
(a) Mainland China.
(b) Hong Kong.
(c) Taiwan.
(d) Mongolia.

9. What is "Black Dude Cop's" real name?
(a) Turner.
(b) Goffman.
(c) Smith.
(d) Green.

10. What distinguishes the parts of the script that describe what the protagonist is doing during the filming of Black and White?
(a) They are in a different font.
(b) They are written in poetic verse.
(c) They are right-justified.
(d) They are in all-caps.

11. What brings the protagonist's first Special Guest Star role to an end?
(a) He is fired for fighting with Turner.
(b) His character is shot and killed.
(c) His character flees Chinatown.
(d) He is fired for flirting with Green.

12. In the resume on page 7, what kind of "face" is listed under "Skills"?
(a) Face of Great Shame.
(b) Face of Polite Confusion.
(c) Face of Inscrutable Wisdom.
(d) Face of Injured Honor.

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

14. What is the protagonist's father's real name?
(a) Willis.
(b) Choy.
(c) Sifu.
(d) Ming.

15. In "ACT II: INT. GOLDEN PALACE," how does the protagonist spoil the fun that the other men are having outside his room?
(a) He questions their dignity and authenticity.
(b) He tells them that he heard that the show is discontinuing the role of Kung Fu Guy.
(c) He asks them how it would matter if one of them got to play Kung Fu Guy.
(d) He reminds them that they do not matter to Black and White at all--they are generic and replaceable.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the protagonist's mother live?

2. What causes Turner to lecture the protagonist about the system?

3. Why is the protagonist awake so late on most nights?

4. What is the name of the television show the book focuses on?

5. Whom does the protagonist think of as a "leading man trapped in the body of an extra" (89)?

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