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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 often does the protagonist visit his father?
(a) On holidays.
(b) Weekly.
(c) Daily.
(d) Monthly.

2. What is so special about Older Brother?
(a) He is the perfect blend of authenticity and assimilation.
(b) He is the head of the most powerful Asian gang in Chinatown.
(c) He uses his money to take care of everyone in Chinatown who is in need.
(d) He never changes anything about himself to please non-Asian audiences.

3. What is "White Lady Cop's" name?
(a) Goffman.
(b) Turner.
(c) Smith.
(d) Green.

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

5. On page 93, to whom does the protagonist deliver the line "You move slow, like a turtle"?
(a) His father.
(b) Fatty Choy.
(c) Turner.
(d) Young Fong.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises Turner on page 107 when Green says that the protagonist is "working with us. Impossible Crimes Unit"?

2. As the protagonist is trying to get the bickering detectives to focus, what piece of information does he accidentally reveal?

3. Under "Skills," on page 7, what kind of English is listed?

4. What is the protagonist's dream job?

5. Who is the author of Interior Chinatown?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the text describe Bruce Lee?

3. What ultimately happened to Older Brother?

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

5. Describe how residents use their small spaces at the Chinatown SRO Apartments and what this might signify.

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

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

8. What are the emotional complexities of the memories attached to the protagonist's mother's scars?

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

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

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