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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What role does Karen usually play?
(a) Ethnically Ambiguous Woman Number One.
(b) Floating Latina.
(c) Special Guest Star.
(d) White Girl With Exotic Eyes.

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

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

4. What does the phrase "a castle in the air" refer to?
(a) A secure position from which to defend oneself.
(b) A pure place that uncomfortable truth cannot touch.
(c) A dream that is not likely to come true.
(d) A perspective from which to see more clearly.

5. Why does Chiang Kai-shek enter Taiwan?
(a) Mao forces him out of mainland China.
(b) He wants to begin a Nationalist Party in Taiwan.
(c) Chen-Yi asks for his help.
(d) China is annexing Taiwan.

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

7. What does the prosecution try to do at the very beginning of the trial?
(a) Rest its case.
(b) Introduce a forged exhibit.
(c) Prejudice the jury.
(d) Have the spectators removed.

8. On page 233, who tells the protagonist "Your oppression is second-class"?
(a) Green.
(b) Older Brother.
(c) The prosecutor.
(d) Turner.

9. Why is the protagonist suspicious of Karen's interest in him?
(a) Because she is a woman with options.
(b) Because she has already dated so many of the other actors.
(c) He is afraid that she is using him to further her career.
(d) He does not believe that anyone could ever love him.

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

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

12. 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) A new "Generic Asian Man" takes his place on the show.
(d) The show moves its location to a Hispanic barrio.

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

14. What song is it implied that the protagonist's father is singing at the close of the novel?
(a) "Take Me Home, Country Roads."
(b) "Take the Long Way Home."
(c) "Take Me Home Tonight."
(d) "Can't Find My Way Home."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reign of violent oppression begun by Chiang Kai-shek called?

2. What is revealed about Phoebe's feelings about her father in her soliloquy in ACT V: KUNG FU DAD"?

3. What part of Phoebe's bedtime routine makes the protagonist think she has been watching and learning from him?

4. What does "acculturation" mean?

5. How old is Phoebe's character in ACT V: KUNG FU DAD"?

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