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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is "drunken monkey" (13)?
(a) A form of kung fu.
(b) A cocktail.
(c) A low-status acting role.
(d) A noodle dish.

2. Why is the protagonist awake so late on most nights?
(a) He is too hungry to fall asleep.
(b) He has to wait in a long line to take a shower.
(c) The building is too cold to sleep in.
(d) His thoughts make it difficult for him to sleep.

3. According to the list on page 11, what is the role where most Asian male actors get stuck as their careers progress?
(a) Henchman.
(b) Striving Immigrant.
(c) Generic Asian Man Number One.
(d) Kung Fu Guy.

4. What does Bonnie Tsui say represents "the ambiguous Asian everywhere" (iv)?
(a) Orientalism.
(b) Chinatown.
(c) Kung Fu.
(d) Chinese food.

5. Under "Skills," on page 7, what kind of English is listed?
(a) Broken.
(b) Accented.
(c) Lower class.
(d) Educated.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the opening of "ACT III: ETHNIC RECURRING," what stereotype about Chinese cultural values does the dialogue of Black and White fixate on?

2. What is "White Lady Cop's" name?

3. In the page 13 description of the fatherly pride that the protagonist yearns to see, what do all of the capital letters indicate?

4. What stereotypical musical sound does Black and White use?

5. When the novel opens, what role does the protagonist play?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the protagonist's earliest memories of his father?

2. Explain what thematic ideas are communicated in the description from page 37, "BLACK AND WHITE. Two cops, one of each race....they drive around in a black-and-white police car, even through they're detectives."

3. When the protagonist finally steps into the spotlight, what is his first line, and what does it signify?

4. What causes the protagonist to realize that his father is suffering from dementia, and how does he respond?

5. What do people in Chinatown say about Older Brother, and why does the narrative say that it does not matter?

6. Explain the context of the "Wong guy" pun and how the actors react to it in "ACT II: INT. GOLDEN PALACE."

7. When Green takes the protagonist's side in his argument with Turner, what does Turner say about both the protagonist's and Green's reactions?

8. Explain the central conceit of the section in which the protagonist visits and cares for his father despite his father seeming not to recognize him.

9. How does the Emperor feel about the commercial he was in, and how does the reader know this?

10. Why do the residents of the Chinatown SRO Apartments feel as if they never really leave work?

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