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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 does Ming-Chen Wu's father try to save from their burning house?
(a) Ming-Chen Wu's pet cat.
(b) His father's ashes.
(c) The deed to their property.
(d) The family's passports.

2. What point does Older Brother make about discrimination against Asians in the United States?
(a) There are still many laws that discriminate against Asian Americans.
(b) It has been different from the experience of Black Americans, but is still serious.
(c) Because Asians were not enslaved they can not claim to have been persecuted.
(d) Although it was serious in the past, it disappeared a long time ago.

3. What time period in Taiwan is represented in Karen and Phoebe's new show?
(a) Pre-colonial times.
(b) The Kuomintang era.
(c) A futuristic version of Taiwan.
(d) Modern times.

4. In the context of "ACT V: KUNG FU DAD," what does "xie xie" mean?
(a) Thank you very much.
(b) Time to wake up.
(c) Hello.
(d) Good morning.

5. Who does the judge say will decide if the protagonist is a victim or a suspect?
(a) Older Brother.
(b) The television show.
(c) The police.
(d) The court.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the protagonist think is true about Phoebe?

2. Why is the protagonist suspicious of Karen's interest in him?

3. How does Phoebe's character move between the three countries represented on her show?

4. What is the jury's verdict?

5. In ACT V: KUNG FU DAD," what has the protagonist's name changed to in the script?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the confusion over who the "missing Asian" is, and what bizarre revelation comes as the confusion is cleared up?

2. What does the protagonist come to understand about his father in the book's final "Act"?

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

4. When Ming-Chen tells Dorothy, on page 155, "This is how we met. And fell in love," what is Dorothy's response, and what compromise do they reach?

5. What causes the protagonist to finally go in search of his family?

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

7. What is the significance, during the protagonist's monologue, of the light hitting him "just right" (245)?

8. 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?

9. In what ways does "ACT V: KUNG FU DAD" show that Phoebe's innocence and youth are protective?

10. What is Turner's argument about the protagonist's internalized inferiority?

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