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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 195, when the protagonist questions Karen's choice of a place to bring Phoebe up, what does Karen reply?
(a) "You lost the right to make that decision."
(b) "You'll figure it out."
(c) "Sometimes grown-ups need to make hard choices."
(d) "That was your choice."

2. Why does the protagonist decide not to move when Karen moves?
(a) The pressure of being a married man is too much for him.
(b) He believes that he is on the verge of becoming Kung Fu Guy.
(c) He thinks that she is being insincere about wanting him to come with her.
(d) He is afraid of his feelings for her.

3. What is the first point that Older Brother makes in court?
(a) The justice system is rigged.
(b) Asians are not viewed as Americans.
(c) Willis is guilty.
(d) Willis has cooperated in his own persecution.

4. When the protagonist offers to play with Phoebe, where does she retreat?
(a) To the set of her show.
(b) To her castle.
(c) To Karen's room.
(d) To her imaginary "school."

5. When the protagonist is finally given the role of Kung Fu Guy, how does he react?
(a) He is overjoyed and decides that he will work harder than ever at his career.
(b) He blows up on the set of Black and White and gets fired.
(c) He celebrates with his mother and father, but misses Karen.
(d) He realizes that he has made a big mistake and leaves Chinatown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Older Brother and the protagonist call "Plan B" (231)?

2. What is Ming-Chen Wu's first American job?

3. Who is Phoebe?

4. What time period in Taiwan is represented in Karen and Phoebe's new show?

5. Why do Dorothy and Ming-Chen Wu end up renting a place to live at the Chinatown SRO?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

10. What thematic purpose does it serve to focus on the attractiveness of the prosecutor and witnesses and to include indicators of sexual tension in the courtroom?

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