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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 is special about Friday nights?
(a) Watching kung fu movies.
(b) Parties in the apartment building.
(c) Playing cards with the neighbors.
(d) Eating home-cooked food.

2. What role does Fatty Choy play in the gambling club?
(a) Mini Boss.
(b) Generic Asian Man.
(c) Lowlife Oriental.
(d) Sleazy Asian Guy.

3. What does the Mini Boss tell them that causes Turner and Green to say that if he does not talk they will arrest him?
(a) Ming-Chen Wu trained someone besides Older Brother.
(b) Older Brother had a plan.
(c) He knows where Older Brother is.
(d) Karen Lee knows Older Brother, too.

4. Whom does the protagonist think of as a "leading man trapped in the body of an extra" (89)?
(a) Himself.
(b) Young Fong.
(c) Fatty Choy.
(d) His father.

5. Under "Skills," on page 7, what kind of English is listed?
(a) Accented.
(b) Educated.
(c) Broken.
(d) Lower class.

6. What is the "terminal, ultimate, exalted position for any Asian working in this world" (12)?
(a) Dragon Lady.
(b) Very Special Guest Star: Kung Fu Guy.
(c) Sifu, the Mysterious Kung Fu Master.
(d) Wizened Chinaman.

7. What stereotypical musical sound does Black and White use?
(a) A guqin.
(b) A gong.
(c) An erhu.
(d) A guzheng.

8. Who is the protagonist of Interior Chinatown?
(a) Charles.
(b) Choy.
(c) Sifu.
(d) Willis.

9. When the novel opens, what role does the protagonist play?
(a) Oriental Guy Making a Weird Face.
(b) Background Oriental Male.
(c) Dead Asian Man.
(d) Silent Henchman.

10. In "ACT II: INT. GOLDEN PALACE," why does the protagonist's father want to see him?
(a) He needs help moving his bed.
(b) The protagonist missed his last kung fu lesson.
(c) He is hungry.
(d) The protagonist left a script in his father's room.

11. Why is the protagonist awake so late on most nights?
(a) His thoughts make it difficult for him to sleep.
(b) He has to wait in a long line to take a shower.
(c) The building is too cold to sleep in.
(d) He is too hungry to fall asleep.

12. What is so special about Older Brother?
(a) He is the head of the most powerful Asian gang in Chinatown.
(b) He never changes anything about himself to please non-Asian audiences.
(c) He uses his money to take care of everyone in Chinatown who is in need.
(d) He is the perfect blend of authenticity and assimilation.

13. What is it reasonable to assume is the purpose of the long list of names on page 58?
(a) It demonstrates the individuality of the residents.
(b) It demonstrates how interrelated the families are.
(c) It demonstrates how well the protagonist knows his neighbors.
(d) It demonstrates the variety of Asian countries the residents actually come from.

14. In "ACT II: INT. GOLDEN PALACE," who is standing by the protagonist's door when he arrives home after work?
(a) His father.
(b) Fatty Choy.
(c) His mother.
(d) The Hostess.

15. What surprises Turner on page 107 when Green says that the protagonist is "working with us. Impossible Crimes Unit"?
(a) Turner suspects that Green may have a romantic interest in the protagonist.
(b) It implies that the protagonist is their equal.
(c) Turner did not realize that the protagonist was cooperating with them.
(d) It implies that the protagonist is an important or permanent part of their team.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the page 13 description of the fatherly pride that the protagonist yearns to see, what do all of the capital letters indicate?

2. What is the "Floating Latina"?

3. When the protagonist first tells his father that he is working with Green and Turner, how does his father react?

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

5. What is the protagonist's dream job?

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