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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. Who is Wittman offended by at the restaurant?

2. What is Popo walking without?

3. What do the Flying Lings perform?

4. Who does Wittman say created negative stereotypes of the Chinese?

5. What does Popo say Wittman's parent abandoned her like?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wittman explain to the elderly Chinese woman?

2. How does Wittman use character names to make a statement about stereotypes?

3. Why does Wittman not like Siew Loong, Little Dragon?

4. What theater elements feature in Wittman's new play?

5. What does Zeppelin say has happened to Popo?

6. What does the elderly Chinese woman teach Wittman?

7. What is Wittman's new play about?

8. How does Zeppelin illustrate the cheapness of the Chang family?

9. What happens during the play's climax?

10. What does Wittmann think has happened to Popo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Chinese and western culture.

1) What are the differences between the two cultures?

2) In what way have the two cultures influenced each other?

Essay Topic 2

Kingston wrote TRIPMASTER MONKEY in 1990. Choose one of the following options and discuss how people's ideas about race and stereotyping have changed since then:

1) Television and film.

2) The workplace.

3) Education.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the values of the 1960s.

1) Why was ethnicity and stereotyping such an issue during this time? In what ways are the characters a product of their time?

2) Was America going through a transitional phase in the 1960s? What significant changes do you think occurred during this period?

3) Does modern society share any values with 1960s America?

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