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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. How did the "Emperor" get his name?
(a) He played an emperor in a commercial for frozen dinners.
(b) He is the head of a Chinese gang.
(c) He is the man in charge of the apartment building where the protagonist lives.
(d) He played a Ming Dynasty emperor in a movie about Chinese history.

2. What is the point of view used in Interior Chinatown?
(a) Second person.
(b) Third person limited.
(c) Third person omniscient.
(d) First person.

3. Where did the protagonist's family immigrate from?
(a) Hong Kong.
(b) Mainland China.
(c) Mongolia.
(d) Taiwan.

4. Where does the protagonist live?
(a) On the eighth floor of the Chinatown SRO Apartments.
(b) In the basement of the Palace of Good Fortune Apartments.
(c) On the fourth floor of the Chinatown SRO Apartments.
(d) In an unnamed building in Chinatown, with his parents.

5. In "ACT II: INT. GOLDEN PALACE," what reason is given for Asian actors being kept in the background?
(a) The lead actors are prejudiced against Asian-Americans.
(b) They are not seen as "real" Americans.
(c) The script writers do not know how to write for Asian characters.
(d) Their presence over-complicates the simplistic narrative of Black and White.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sifu sit in the dark?

2. What do the detectives learn that sends them looking for the protagonist's father?

3. In the resume on page 7, what kind of "face" is listed under "Skills"?

4. In the flashback in In "ACT II: INT. GOLDEN PALACE," what does the protagonist keep telling his mother he is going to do?

5. When the protagonist first tells his father that he is working with Green and Turner, how does his father react?

Short Essay Questions

1. What offensive remark does Turner make when the protagonist threatens to go back to the restaurant, and what happens afterward?

2. Describe the interior of the Golden Palace.

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

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

5. Why did the protagonist's father and Older Brother have a falling out, and what does the detectives' reaction demonstrate about them?

6. What ultimately happened to Older Brother?

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

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

10. What do the memories the protagonist has about his mother and food demonstrate?

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