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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the protagonist decide not to move when Karen moves?
(a) He thinks that she is being insincere about wanting him to come with her.
(b) He believes that he is on the verge of becoming Kung Fu Guy.
(c) He is afraid of his feelings for her.
(d) The pressure of being a married man is too much for him.

2. In ACT V: KUNG FU DAD," what does the protagonist ask about the story that Phoebe and Karen are living in, now?
(a) He asks if he is a part of Phoebe's life in this story.
(b) He asks if there is a role for him in this story.
(c) He asks if he is a good father in this story.
(d) He asks if he and Karen are together in this story.

3. Why does Older Brother say that the court cannot properly hear this case?
(a) Because the judge is in love with the prosecutor.
(b) Because the police have not even decided if Willis is a suspect.
(c) Because the court can only hear cases involving American citizens.
(d) Because the court is set up to see everything as Black or White.

4. In ACT V: KUNG FU DAD," what reason does Phoebe say Karen gave for their not visiting the protagonist?
(a) He lived too far away.
(b) He was not a good person.
(c) He was busy.
(d) He did not want to see them.

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is the setting where Karen and Phoebe are living called in the script?
(a) Karen's House.
(b) Generic Children's Show Set.
(c) Phoebe Land.
(d) Suburban Home.

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

12. How does Phoebe's character move between the three countries represented on her show?
(a) She does not need to move; they are represented as the same physical place.
(b) She steps through a doorway.
(c) She is lifted by a magical balloon.
(d) She points to a place in her atlas.

13. On page 195, when the protagonist questions Karen's choice of a place to bring Phoebe up, what does Karen reply?
(a) "That was your choice."
(b) "You'll figure it out."
(c) "Sometimes grown-ups need to make hard choices."
(d) "You lost the right to make that decision."

14. What point does Older Brother make about discrimination against Asians in the United States?
(a) Although it was serious in the past, it disappeared a long time ago.
(b) Because Asians were not enslaved they can not claim to have been persecuted.
(c) It has been different from the experience of Black Americans, but is still serious.
(d) There are still many laws that discriminate against Asian Americans.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Phoebe?

2. What does the prosecution try to do at the very beginning of the trial?

3. Why do Dorothy and Ming-Chen Wu end up renting a place to live at the Chinatown SRO?

4. What is the fear that Phoebe hesitates to tell the protagonist?

5. What is the name of Phoebe's character on the new television show?

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