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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. Why did Ming-Chen Wu and Older Brother argue?
(a) Ming-Chen Wu caught Older Brother gambling.
(b) Older Brother wanted to loan Ming-Chen Wu money.
(c) Ming-Chen Wu asked Older Brother to train the protagonist in kung fu.
(d) Older Brother boasted that his kung fu was better than Ming-Chen Wu's.

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) The community means everything.
(b) Educational achievement means everything.
(c) Obedience to one's parents means everything.
(d) Honor means everything.

3. On page 81 of "ACT III: ETHNIC RECURRING," what piece of Tuner's dialogue does Green critique?
(a) "Let's recap."
(b) "It's an honor killing."
(c) "This crime is impossible."
(d) "You won't get far with him."

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

5. What is the name of the police unit featured in Black and White?
(a) The Impossible Crimes Unit.
(b) The Major Crimes Unit.
(c) The Unsolved Crimes Unit.
(d) The Special Crimes Unit.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From the discussion of lighting on page 11, what can reasonably be inferred?

3. What is the real purpose of the protagonist's visits to his father?

4. What distinguishes the parts of the script that describe what the protagonist is doing during the filming of Black and White?

5. What does the protagonist think about telling Turner the truth about?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the text describe Bruce Lee?

3. Describe the interior of the Golden Palace.

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

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

6. 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?

7. What language does the protagonist speak to his father in the restaurant, and how does it reveal one source of the gap between them?

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

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

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

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