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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is "drunken monkey" (13)?
(a) A low-status acting role.
(b) A noodle dish.
(c) A cocktail.
(d) A form of kung fu.
2. What motive do Turner and Green suggest for Older Brother's disappearance?
(a) His involvement in Fatty Choy's gambling operation might have made him a kidnapping target.
(b) Another resident might have killed him to create more opportunities for other Asian men.
(c) The protagonist himself might have killed Older Brother out of jealousy.
(d) He might have been killed during a turf war over the money laundering operation.
3. What is so special about Older Brother?
(a) He is the head of the most powerful Asian gang in Chinatown.
(b) He uses his money to take care of everyone in Chinatown who is in need.
(c) He is the perfect blend of authenticity and assimilation.
(d) He never changes anything about himself to please non-Asian audiences.
4. In the flashback in In "ACT II: INT. GOLDEN PALACE," what does the protagonist's mother make him promise?
(a) To bury her in China when she dies.
(b) Not to grow up to be Kung Fu Guy.
(c) To take a job outside of Chinatown.
(d) To stop practicing kung fu inside the apartment.
5. On page 8 is a list of your mother's roles. What do most of these roles have in common?
(a) They emphasize her intellect and ambition.
(b) They emphasize servitude and helplessness.
(c) They emphasize aggression and danger.
(d) They emphasize her looks and sexuality.
6. Where does the protagonist's mother live?
(a) In another city's Chinatown.
(b) With him.
(c) Down the hall from his father.
(d) With his father.
7. What words could be said to summarize the "Repertoire" listed on page 7?
(a) Ambiguous, vague.
(b) Bitter, demanding.
(c) Limited, stereotypical.
(d) Ambitious, unrealistic.
8. What is Karen Lee's job?
(a) Undercover vice officer.
(b) Casino dealer.
(c) Bodyguard.
(d) Singer and dancer in the casino.
9. What always happens in the scene from Black and White that recurs throughout "ACT II: INT. GOLDEN PALACE"?
(a) The main characters discuss the body of a dead Asian man.
(b) The main characters shoot an unarmed Asian man.
(c) The main characters interrogate an Asian man sweeping the restaurant.
(d) The main characters break character and laugh.
10. What is "Black Dude Cop's" real name?
(a) Goffman.
(b) Turner.
(c) Smith.
(d) Green.
11. Why does the protagonist finally step into the spotlight during the filming of Black and White?
(a) He is afraid that this time the officers will really shoot the Old Asian Man.
(b) He cannot stand that his father seems to have accepted his role as a passive object.
(c) He can no longer put up with the casually racist jokes on the set.
(d) He is genuinely concerned that the Old Asian Man might get fired for not speaking English.
12. What does the Mini Boss offer Green and Turner as a bribe?
(a) Information.
(b) Women.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Cash.
13. What brings the protagonist's first Special Guest Star role to an end?
(a) He is fired for flirting with Green.
(b) His character is shot and killed.
(c) His character flees Chinatown.
(d) He is fired for fighting with Turner.
14. In "ACT II: INT. GOLDEN PALACE," how does the protagonist spoil the fun that the other men are having outside his room?
(a) He reminds them that they do not matter to Black and White at all--they are generic and replaceable.
(b) He tells them that he heard that the show is discontinuing the role of Kung Fu Guy.
(c) He questions their dignity and authenticity.
(d) He asks them how it would matter if one of them got to play Kung Fu Guy.
15. When the protagonist first tells his father that he is working with Green and Turner, how does his father react?
(a) He is angry.
(b) He is worried.
(c) He is proud.
(d) He is jealous.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the Mini Boss tell them that causes Turner and Green to say that if he does not talk they will arrest him?
2. What is the line that the protagonist finally delivers, on page 76, when his chance comes and all eyes are on him?
3. What is the protagonist's dream job?
4. What is a reasonable summary of the poem on page 6?
5. In "ACT II: INT. GOLDEN PALACE," who is standing by the protagonist's door when he arrives home after work?
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