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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 job does Dorothy have when she lives in Alabama?
(a) Restaurant hostess.
(b) Script supervisor.
(c) Graduate instructor.
(d) Nurse's assistant.

2. How long is the protagonist prevented from acting after his character dies?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 90 days.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 45 days.

3. What does "acculturation" mean?
(a) The gradual acquisition of your own culture as you grow up in it.
(b) Adapting to a dominant culture while retaining your own unique culture.
(c) The gradual change that occurs in a culture due to the addition of immigrant cultures.
(d) Adopting a dominant culture and leaving behind your own unique culture.

4. What reason does a recruiter give Ming-Chen Wu for no one wanting to hire him?
(a) The Vietnam War has increased racism against people of Asian descent.
(b) He did not finish his doctorate.
(c) His Taiwanese accent makes him hard to understand.
(d) He does not have a foreign accent.

5. What is the setting where Karen and Phoebe are living called in the script?
(a) Suburban Home.
(b) Karen's House.
(c) Phoebe Land.
(d) Generic Children's Show Set.

Short Answer Questions

1. In ACT V: KUNG FU DAD," what does the protagonist ask about the story that Phoebe and Karen are living in, now?

2. What does Turner call the protagonist during his testimony?

3. When the protagonist arrives on the set of Phoebe and Karen's show, what time does Karen say it is?

4. What song is it implied that the protagonist's father is singing at the close of the novel?

5. Why does Karen tell the protagonist, "I don't want to practice dating" (167)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Green's argument when she accuses the protagonist of narcissism?

2. What happens to Ming-Chen Wu when he finally gets the role of Sifu?

3. In what ways does Karen influence the protagonist to develop emotionally?

4. What happens to Ming-Chen Wu's friend Allen after he becomes a success in the United States?

5. What does the protagonist believe he will gain and lose by staying with Phoebe and Karen?

6. What observations about family life does Yu make in the section "GENERIC ASIAN KID"?

7. Why does the protagonist react badly both to the news about the baby and the later news about Karen's new show?

8. How does Dorothy's sister Angela treat her, and what is ironic about Angela's eventual fate?

9. When the police come for the protagonist, where does Karen say he is going, and what evidence is there that she does not really understand the protagonist's plan?

10. Explain the literal and nonliteral meanings of the world inside Phoebe's closet.

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