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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 the real purpose of the protagonist's visits to his father?
(a) Taking care of his father's needs.
(b) Learning about his family's history.
(c) Trying to reunite his father and mother.
(d) Urging his father to go into a retirement home.

2. In the opening of "ACT III: ETHNIC RECURRING," what stereotype about Chinese cultural values does the dialogue of Black and White fixate on?
(a) Obedience to one's parents means everything.
(b) The community means everything.
(c) Educational achievement means everything.
(d) Honor means everything.

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

4. What is the protagonist's father's real name?
(a) Ming.
(b) Sifu.
(c) Willis.
(d) Choy.

5. What does the word "Ba" mean in the context of the scene in the Golden Palace's kitchen?
(a) Excuse me.
(b) Sir.
(c) Dad.
(d) Hello.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of "ACT III: ETHNIC RECURRING," what is the protagonist trying to accomplish with much of his dialogue?

2. Why do the other women shun The Hostess?

3. In the flashback in In "ACT II: INT. GOLDEN PALACE," what is the protagonist's mother studying?

4. Who is the protagonist of Interior Chinatown?

5. Who is "Older Brother"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

5. 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.

6. Why do people say that Older Brother should have helped Sifu more?

7. What ultimately happened to Older Brother?

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

9. 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?

10. What are some of the details that people should realize mean that Sifu is living in poverty?

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