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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the protagonist arrives on the set of Phoebe and Karen's show, what time does Karen say it is?
(a) Move Your Body time.
(b) School time.
(c) Sleeping time.
(d) Learning time.

2. What worry does the protagonist have about staying with Karen and Phoebe?
(a) He cannot promise that he will not leave again.
(b) The police will eventually find him.
(c) He does not really fit in.
(d) It might just be another role.

3. Why do Dorothy and Ming-Chen Wu end up renting a place to live at the Chinatown SRO?
(a) The Chinatown SRO Apartments are the only place they can afford.
(b) They are trying to save money to buy a house.
(c) They dream of being actors on a hit television show.
(d) No one else will rent to them because of their race.

4. After Green takes the stand, what objection does Older Brother raise?
(a) She does not appear on his witness list.
(b) There is too much sexual tension in the courtroom.
(c) There is no need for White witnesses.
(d) She is not dressed appropriately for a courtroom.

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

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

7. What is Ming-Chen Wu's first American job?
(a) Nurse's assistant.
(b) Graduate instructor.
(c) Waiter.
(d) Script supervisor.

8. What recurring problem does Dorothy face when she is younger?
(a) Homesickness for her life in Taiwan.
(b) Racist beliefs about her intelligence.
(c) Sexual harassment.
(d) Being falsely accused of crimes.

9. Who is Angela?
(a) The protagonist's girlfriend.
(b) Dorothy's sister.
(c) The protagonist's sister.
(d) Ming-Chen's girlfriend before Dorothy.

10. What name does Karen call the protagonist by?
(a) Will.
(b) Willis.
(c) Sifu.
(d) Kung Fu Guy.

11. What does Older Brother say that the protagonist is guilty of?
(a) Participating in the system that oppresses him.
(b) Killing Old Fong.
(c) Using kung fu for an improper purpose.
(d) Causing the disappearance of many Asian men.

12. Who does the protagonist notice is missing among the spectators?
(a) Karen.
(b) Phoebe.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

13. What time period in Taiwan is represented in Karen and Phoebe's new show?
(a) The Kuomintang era.
(b) A futuristic version of Taiwan.
(c) Modern times.
(d) Pre-colonial times.

14. What characteristic is emphasized in the descriptions of the prosecutor and Turner?
(a) Their intelligence.
(b) Their concern for justice.
(c) Their attractiveness.
(d) Their concern for Willis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the protagonist is about to tell Karen about his meeting with the director, what news does Karen have for him?

2. What habit does Phoebe have that shows when she is nervous?

3. When the police show up to take the protagonist, what does he reveal?

4. What does the protagonist think is true about Phoebe?

5. Why does Chiang Kai-shek enter Taiwan?

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