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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 ACT V: KUNG FU DAD," just as the protagonist figures out how to tell his story, what does Phoebe do?
(a) She starts telling him a story of her own.
(b) She runs back to her mother.
(c) She asks him to tell her a different story.
(d) She falls asleep.

2. In ACT V: KUNG FU DAD," what reason does Phoebe say Karen gave for their not visiting the protagonist?
(a) He lived too far away.
(b) He was busy.
(c) He was not a good person.
(d) He did not want to see them.

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

4. As the protagonist talks with Phoebe, what does he realize about his role on Black and White?
(a) It can never compare to his importance in Phoebe's life.
(b) It creates damaging role-modeling for his daughter.
(c) It will offer him a way to make the future better for Phoebe.
(d) It is the only thing he has that is his alone.

5. How old is Phoebe's character in ACT V: KUNG FU DAD"?
(a) 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first point that Older Brother makes in court?

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

3. When the protagonist is about to tell Karen about his meeting with the director, what news does Karen have for him?

4. How does Allen, Ming-Wu's college roommate, die?

5. What worry does the protagonist have about staying with Karen and Phoebe?

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 are the main points that the protagonist makes in his monologue?

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

4. What is the rhetorical purpose of the list of anti-Asian laws that begins "ACT VI: THE CASE OF THE MISSING ASIAN"?

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. 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?

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