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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Karen tell the protagonist, "I don't want to practice dating" (167)?
(a) He has the emotional understanding of a child.
(b) She is hinting that she is serious enough about him to marry him.
(c) She has already had too many failed relationships.
(d) He is responding to the situation in an artificial, scripted way.

2. When the police show up to take the protagonist, what does he reveal?
(a) He planned all along for them to find the family.
(b) He could not think of another way to leave.
(c) He thinks there is a way for him to do both "shows."
(d) He has been wanting to return to Black and White.

3. What does the protagonist think is true about Phoebe?
(a) She is tough.
(b) She is cynical.
(c) She is weird.
(d) She is brave.

4. How does Allen, Ming-Wu's college roommate, die?
(a) A deliberate overdose.
(b) He is the victim of a hate crime.
(c) He is executed for murder.
(d) Heart attack.

5. As the protagonist talks with Phoebe, what does he realize about his role on Black and White?
(a) It creates damaging role-modeling for his daughter.
(b) It can never compare to his importance in Phoebe's life.
(c) It is the only thing he has that is his alone.
(d) It will offer him a way to make the future better for Phoebe.

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

7. How old is Ming-Chen Wu when the 2/28 Incident takes place?
(a) 1 month old.
(b) He is not yet born.
(c) 7 years old.
(d) 16 years old.

8. Who are the witnesses against the protagonist?
(a) Dorothy and Ming-Chen.
(b) Green and Turner.
(c) Fatty Choy and Young Fong.
(d) Karen and Phoebe.

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

10. What does Older Brother say that Chinatown and being Chinese in America have always been?
(a) An inside joke.
(b) A performance.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Shameful.

11. How long did martial law last under Chiang Kai-shek?
(a) Several weeks.
(b) More than 38 years.
(c) One month short of 15 years.
(d) 8 years.

12. 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) The Chinatown SRO Apartments are the only place they can afford.
(c) They dream of being actors on a hit television show.
(d) No one else will rent to them because of their race.

13. What space has Phoebe used to create her imaginary land?
(a) Her closet.
(b) Karen's bedroom.
(c) The garage of their home.
(d) The attic of their home.

14. 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) China is annexing Taiwan.
(d) Chen-Yi asks for his help.

15. What part of Phoebe's bedtime routine makes the protagonist think she has been watching and learning from him?
(a) The way she jumps into bed.
(b) The way she washes her face.
(c) The way she kisses her stuffed animals goodnight.
(d) The way she brushes her teeth.

Short Answer Questions

1. In her soliloquy in ACT V: KUNG FU DAD," what is one of the things that Phoebe says she will make and sell?

2. What is Ming-Chen Wu's first American job?

3. What is revealed about Phoebe's personality during her soliloquy in ACT V: KUNG FU DAD"?

4. After the trial, where does the protagonist find himself?

5. What does Older Brother tell Green the protagonist is really asking for?

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