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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 81 of "ACT III: ETHNIC RECURRING," what piece of Tuner's dialogue does Green critique?

2. In "ACT II: INT. GOLDEN PALACE," how does the protagonist spoil the fun that the other men are having outside his room?

3. In both of the character descriptions for the male and female officers, what quality is emphasized?

4. What is the "terminal, ultimate, exalted position for any Asian working in this world" (12)?

5. On page 56, how does his mother explain the promise she extracts from the protagonist?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes the protagonist to realize that his father is suffering from dementia, and how does he respond?

2. What does Turner tell the protagonist about the system--about what rising up through it means, and about his own place within it?

3. When Green takes the protagonist's side in his argument with Turner, what does Turner say about both the protagonist's and Green's reactions?

4. Explain the context of the "Wong guy" pun and how the actors react to it in "ACT II: INT. GOLDEN PALACE."

5. What are some of the details that people should realize mean that Sifu is living in poverty?

6. Describe the interior of the Golden Palace.

7. What is the paradox that periodically sends the residents of the Chinatown SRO Apartments over the edge into an all-night party?

8. What language does the protagonist speak to his father in the restaurant, and how does it reveal one source of the gap between them?

9. What offensive remark does Turner make when the protagonist threatens to go back to the restaurant, and what happens afterward?

10. Why do the residents of the Chinatown SRO Apartments feel as if they never really leave work?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore the rhetorical purpose of the sexual tension between Green and Turner. What commentary on both race and performance does it make? Be sure to use textual evidence to support your claims.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that explores the impact of poverty on the residents of the Chinatown SRO Apartments. Consider how it impacts their relationships, their interior lives, and their beliefs about America. Support your claims with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you analyze what Interior Chinatown is saying about the "Black and White show" running in America. In what sense is this show allegorical, and what messages is it sending about America's tactics for dealing with race? Be sure to use textual evidence to support your claims.

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