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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. In the flashback in In "ACT II: INT. GOLDEN PALACE," what is special about Friday nights?
(a) Watching kung fu movies.
(b) Eating home-cooked food.
(c) Playing cards with the neighbors.
(d) Parties in the apartment building.

2. What is "Jade Palace"?
(a) The former name of the Golden Palace.
(b) The headquarters of a Chinese gang.
(c) The apartment complex where the protagonist lives.
(d) A rival restaurant.

3. In "ACT II: INT. GOLDEN PALACE," what does the protagonist find the other men doing outside his door?
(a) Playing cards.
(b) Rolling dice.
(c) Practicing kung fu.
(d) Rehearsing a scene.

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

5. Where does the protagonist's mother live?
(a) Down the hall from his father.
(b) With his father.
(c) With him.
(d) In another city's Chinatown.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the narrative present, which role does the protagonist's father play?

2. What brings the protagonist's first Special Guest Star role to an end?

3. What is the name of the television show the book focuses on?

4. On page 93, to whom does the protagonist deliver the line "You move slow, like a turtle"?

5. What is a reasonable summary of the poem on page 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What about Older Brother's looks make him appealing to non-Asian audiences?

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

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

6. In what two ways does Karen Lee try to save the protagonist, and how do her attempts fail?

7. 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?

8. Describe the interior of the Golden Palace.

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

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

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