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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 does the protagonist think about telling Turner the truth about?
(a) His mixed feelings about the role he is playing.
(b) His father's situation.
(c) His kung fu ability.
(d) His education and his ability to speak English.

2. What is it reasonable to assume is the purpose of the long list of names on page 58?
(a) It demonstrates the variety of Asian countries the residents actually come from.
(b) It demonstrates the individuality of the residents.
(c) It demonstrates how well the protagonist knows his neighbors.
(d) It demonstrates how interrelated the families are.

3. From the discussion of lighting on page 11, what can reasonably be inferred?
(a) The lighting crew is prejudiced against Asians.
(b) The show is a satire of modern race relations.
(c) The protagonist is making excuses for being a bad actor.
(d) The show is named after its two main characters' races.

4. Who has played "Guy in a Soiled T-shirt" (9)?
(a) The protagonist.
(b) The protagonist's father.
(c) Fatty Choy.
(d) Older Brother.

5. What does the abbreviation "INT." stand for in setting descriptions?
(a) International.
(b) Interjection.
(c) Introduction.
(d) Interior.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "ACT II: INT. GOLDEN PALACE," how does the protagonist spoil the fun that the other men are having outside his room?

3. In what way does the Old Asian Man break character?

4. Where did the protagonist's family immigrate from?

5. What role does Young Fong play in the gambling club?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the text describe Bruce Lee?

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

3. What is the paradox that periodically sends the residents of the Chinatown SRO Apartments over the edge into an all-night party?

4. How does the protagonist feel when he sees his father working in the kitchen, and why?

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

6. What does Turner tell the protagonist about the system--about what rising up through it means, and about his own place within it?

7. How does Young Fong pack his father's things, and why is this so significant to the protagonist?

8. 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."

9. What does the protagonist believe is the reason for the bickering between the two detectives in the opening of "ACT III: ETHNIC RECURRING," and why is he offended?

10. What ultimately happened to Older Brother?

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