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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 was Mr. Sancez's position at Berkeley?

2. What does Siew Loong use to render Wittman unconscious?

3. How does Wittman persuade his mother to dance at his show?

4. Who does WIttman have to find?

5. Who asked Popo to marry him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Wittman get himself and Tasa thrown out of the restaurant?

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

4. What does the elderly Chinese woman teach Wittman?

5. Why does Mr. Sanchez think that Wittman's English is not as good as he thinks it is?

6. What obligations does Wittman feel he has to fulfill?

7. Why is Wittman not allowed to set off firecrackers?

8. How does Wittman persuade the firemen to overlook the violation?

9. What happens during the play's climax?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the novel's dialogue. How does the author's dialogue contribute to the following areas:

1) Character

2) Setting

3) Plot

Essay Topic 2

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does she use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1960s? How does the author express these concerns?

2) How would the author change the novel if it was set in today's society?

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