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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Older Brother tell Green the protagonist is really asking for?
(a) To be treated like any other American.
(b) To be declared innocent.
(c) For a leading role on Black and White.
(d) To be left alone by Black and White.

2. Which person does the protagonist remember frequently playing characters who died?
(a) His father.
(b) Older Brother.
(c) His mother.
(d) Old Fong.

3. What do Older Brother and the protagonist call "Plan B" (231)?
(a) Using kung fu to fight their way out.
(b) Stealing a patrol car to flee the court.
(c) Trying to get the baliff's gun.
(d) Calling Karen and Phoebe as witnesses.

4. Watching Phoebe playing in ACT V: KUNG FU DAD," what does the protagonist suddenly remember?
(a) How happy he was when he was a child.
(b) What it means to be authentically yourself.
(c) How he used to play with his own father.
(d) What he dreamed of being when he was Phoebe's age.

5. What job does Dorothy have when she lives in Alabama?
(a) Graduate instructor.
(b) Nurse's assistant.
(c) Restaurant hostess.
(d) Script supervisor.

6. What jobs are the actors allowed to do during the "cooling off period" after their characters die?
(a) None.
(b) Cleaning.
(c) Props and costumes.
(d) Catering.

7. What happens when the protagonist is finally freed from Black and White?
(a) A new "Generic Asian Man" takes his place on the show.
(b) The show ends, leaving Chinatown permanently.
(c) The show rebrands itself as "Black and Yellow."
(d) The show moves its location to a Hispanic barrio.

8. Who does the judge say will decide if the protagonist is a victim or a suspect?
(a) Older Brother.
(b) The police.
(c) The television show.
(d) The court.

9. What does Turner call the protagonist during his testimony?
(a) A ham.
(b) A gangster.
(c) A weenie.
(d) A nerd.

10. When the protagonist is finally given the role of Kung Fu Guy, how does he react?
(a) He blows up on the set of Black and White and gets fired.
(b) He realizes that he has made a big mistake and leaves Chinatown.
(c) He celebrates with his mother and father, but misses Karen.
(d) He is overjoyed and decides that he will work harder than ever at his career.

11. What does Turner accuse the protagonist of?
(a) Being a terrible actor.
(b) Causing Older Brother's disappearance.
(c) Internalizing a sense of inferiority.
(d) Neglecting his family responsibilities.

12. Where did Dorothy and Ming-Chen meet?
(a) In Taipei, Taiwan.
(b) At the place that became the Golden Palace.
(c) In Ohio.
(d) In Mississippi.

13. What does the protagonist suggest that he can teach the children on Karen and Phoebe's show?
(a) Singing.
(b) Kung Fu.
(c) Storytelling.
(d) Acting.

14. Who were the Kuomintang?
(a) An anti-government terrorist group in Taiwan.
(b) The Nationalist Party in Taiwan.
(c) A mainland Chinese government junta.
(d) A mainland Chinese paramilitary group.

15. When the protagonist is about to tell Karen about his meeting with the director, what news does Karen have for him?
(a) She is leaving him.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She has been offered a job on a different show.
(d) She expects him to propose.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Phoebe?

2. After Green takes the stand, what objection does Older Brother raise?

3. What did the judge rule in People v. Hall?

4. What book from her childhood does Dorothy use to learn English?

5. When the protagonist asks Phoebe how she managed to create a whole world for herself, what does she show him?

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