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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 does Wittman set off at the end of the play?

2. Which President does Wittman reference in this chapter?

3. Why does Wittman's mother now refuse to support the Vietnam War?

4. What does Wittman accuse Loong of being?

5. Who does Wittman claim he is still attracted to?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Wittmann think has happened to Popo?

5. What does Zeppelin say has happened to Popo?

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

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

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

9. What happens during the play's climax?

10. What does the elderly Chinese woman teach Wittman?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Maxine Hong Kingston is known as a feminist writer.

1) How are her views reflected in the novel?

2) Compare her feminist views to feminism in today's society.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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