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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is revealed about Phoebe's feelings about her father in her soliloquy in ACT V: KUNG FU DAD"?
(a) She is very hurt by his behavior toward her.
(b) She barely remembers her father.
(c) She is angry and is trying to push him away.
(d) She idealizes and misses him.

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

3. In the context of "ACT V: KUNG FU DAD," what does "xie xie" mean?
(a) Good morning.
(b) Thank you very much.
(c) Time to wake up.
(d) Hello.

4. What habit does Phoebe have that shows when she is nervous?
(a) She clears her throat twice.
(b) She knots her fingers together.
(c) She pretends that she is somewhere else.
(d) She pretends that she cannot hear what is happening.

5. What role does Older Brother play in the trial?
(a) Witness.
(b) Prosecutor.
(c) Judge.
(d) Defense attorney.

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

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

8. On page 226, what is the prosecution's only question for Green?
(a) "What are you doing for dinner tonight?"
(b) "Where did you buy that suit?"
(c) "Why do Asians not belong in lead roles?"
(d) "Have you been drinking?"

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

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

11. What question does Green put to the protagonist?
(a) She asks if he thinks that Asians have been persecuted as much as Blacks.
(b) She asks if he thinks that Asians are the only invisible group.
(c) She asks if he actually knows kung fu.
(d) She asks if he ever really wanted to be an actor.

12. What does "ACT VI: THE CASE OF THE MISSING ASIAN" begin with?
(a) A list of anti-Asian laws.
(b) A list of when anti-Asian laws were repealed.
(c) The protagonist sitting in court.
(d) The surprise entrance of Older Brother.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Older Brother say that Chinatown and being Chinese in America have always been?

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

3. When Dorothy comes to Chinatown, she brings a shrine to a "minor god of immigration" (151). What other area does this minor god oversee?

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

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

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