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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. What is the name of the man at the Employment Office near Chinatown?

2. Where do Wittman and Tasa have their wedding breakfast?

3. What does Wittman call his grandmother?

4. What is Wittman's story in the tradition of?

5. Complete the following quote "for richer, for poorer, forsaking..."

Short Essay Questions

1. What role do Lance and the Young Yale Poet have in Wittman's play?

2. Why does Wittman have trouble registering at the Unemployment Office?

3. What does the elderly Chinese woman teach Wittman?

4. What agreement have Wittman and Tasa come to about work?

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

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

7. How does Wittman persuade his mother to dance in his show?

8. What does Zeppelin say has happened to Popo?

9. What references does Wittman make to popular culture in Chapter 7?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the novel and helps to express character and theme:

1) Setting

2) Point of view

3) Structure

4) Language

Essay Topic 3

Kingston gives some of his character names that relate to popular culture, for example, Zeppelin. Pick one of the following names and examine what meaning their name gives to their character and the story in general.

1) Wittman

2) Zeppelin

3) Lance

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