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

2. Who arrives at the theater soon after Wittman sets off the firecrackers?

3. Where does Wittman's mother live?

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

5. What do the Flying Lings perform?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wittmann think has happened to Popo?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does the elderly Chinese woman teach Wittman?

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

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

10. What happens during the play's climax?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Aside from the main character examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

Compare Wittman's character to the person he was at the beginning of the book to the person he is at the end of the book.

1) What does Wittman hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2) What events changes Wittman's ideas about life?

3) How has Wittman's character changed by the end of the novel?

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