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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. On page 226, what is the prosecution's only question for Green?
(a) "Have you been drinking?"
(b) "What are you doing for dinner tonight?"
(c) "Where did you buy that suit?"
(d) "Why do Asians not belong in lead roles?"

2. What does Older Brother tell Green the protagonist is really asking for?
(a) To be treated like any other American.
(b) To be left alone by Black and White.
(c) To be declared innocent.
(d) For a leading role on Black and White.

3. What worry does the protagonist have about staying with Karen and Phoebe?
(a) The police will eventually find him.
(b) He cannot promise that he will not leave again.
(c) It might just be another role.
(d) He does not really fit in.

4. Who were the Kuomintang?
(a) A mainland Chinese paramilitary group.
(b) The Nationalist Party in Taiwan.
(c) A mainland Chinese government junta.
(d) An anti-government terrorist group in Taiwan.

5. Why does Karen tell the protagonist, "I don't want to practice dating" (167)?
(a) She has already had too many failed relationships.
(b) She is hinting that she is serious enough about him to marry him.
(c) He is responding to the situation in an artificial, scripted way.
(d) He has the emotional understanding of a child.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Karen call the protagonist by?

2. Watching Phoebe playing in ACT V: KUNG FU DAD," what does the protagonist suddenly remember?

3. What recurring problem does Dorothy face when she is younger?

4. What role does Older Brother play in the trial?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What is the structural purpose of telling the story of Ming-Chen Wu and Dorothy right before the protagonist starts his relationship with Karen?

3. On page 188, the script notes that Karen and Phoebe's show is "a cartoon. Sort of." In what sense is this both literally and figuratively true?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is the double-meaning of "learning time" in "ACT V: KUNG FU DAD"?

10. What are the main points that the protagonist makes in his monologue?

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