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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 Chang also called?

2. What do the Flying Lings perform?

3. What card game is Zeppelin playing when Wittman visits him?

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

5. What is Siew Loong an expert in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wittmann think has happened to Popo?

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

3. Why is Wittman not sure if Popo is his grandmother?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Wittman say to his mother on the phone?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author writes the novel in the third person. Why do you think the author chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would change if the author wrote it in the first person?

Essay Topic 2

What events in Wittman's early life influenced his decision to become a playwright? How different would Wittman's life have been if his parents and grandparents were born in America?

Essay Topic 3

Look at the structure of the novel.

1) How does the author use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?

2) Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

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