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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Under "Skills," on page 7, what kind of English is listed?
(a) Accented.
(b) Educated.
(c) Broken.
(d) Lower class.
2. What is the "terminal, ultimate, exalted position for any Asian working in this world" (12)?
(a) Dragon Lady.
(b) Very Special Guest Star: Kung Fu Guy.
(c) Sifu, the Mysterious Kung Fu Master.
(d) Wizened Chinaman.
3. Where does the protagonist's mother live?
(a) Down the hall from his father.
(b) With him.
(c) With his father.
(d) In another city's Chinatown.
4. In "ACT II: INT. GOLDEN PALACE," what does the protagonist find the other men doing outside his door?
(a) Rolling dice.
(b) Practicing kung fu.
(c) Rehearsing a scene.
(d) Playing cards.
5. On page 8 is a list of your mother's roles. What do most of these roles have in common?
(a) They emphasize her intellect and ambition.
(b) They emphasize aggression and danger.
(c) They emphasize servitude and helplessness.
(d) They emphasize her looks and sexuality.
6. Where does the protagonist live?
(a) On the fourth floor of the Chinatown SRO Apartments.
(b) In the basement of the Palace of Good Fortune Apartments.
(c) On the eighth floor of the Chinatown SRO Apartments.
(d) In an unnamed building in Chinatown, with his parents.
7. What is the stated purpose of the protagonist's visits to his father?
(a) Delivering medications.
(b) Cleaning his father's home.
(c) Practicing lines.
(d) Kung fu lessons.
8. What surprises Turner on page 107 when Green says that the protagonist is "working with us. Impossible Crimes Unit"?
(a) Turner did not realize that the protagonist was cooperating with them.
(b) Turner suspects that Green may have a romantic interest in the protagonist.
(c) It implies that the protagonist is their equal.
(d) It implies that the protagonist is an important or permanent part of their team.
9. What words could be said to summarize the "Repertoire" listed on page 7?
(a) Ambitious, unrealistic.
(b) Ambiguous, vague.
(c) Limited, stereotypical.
(d) Bitter, demanding.
10. Whom does the protagonist think of as a "leading man trapped in the body of an extra" (89)?
(a) Himself.
(b) Fatty Choy.
(c) Young Fong.
(d) His father.
11. What do the detectives learn that sends them looking for the protagonist's father?
(a) Ming-Chen Wu was the last person to see the dead man alive.
(b) Ming-Chen Wu was once Sifu, the kung fu master.
(c) Ming-Chen Wu owns the gun that killed Dead Asian Guy.
(d) Ming-Chen Wu knows where the illegal casino is.
12. What is "Jade Palace"?
(a) The former name of the Golden Palace.
(b) The apartment complex where the protagonist lives.
(c) The headquarters of a Chinese gang.
(d) A rival restaurant.
13. What is a reasonable summary of the poem on page 6?
(a) Your reactions are what matters, not what happens to you.
(b) There are no small roles, only small actors.
(c) Sometimes your only choice is to build a life out of the scraps you are given.
(d) If you believe in yourself, you can do anything.
14. On page 56, how does his mother explain the promise she extracts from the protagonist?
(a) She wants him to "try harder."
(b) She wants him to "be a better son."
(c) She wants him to "be more."
(d) She wants him to "be attentive."
15. After the accident with the hot tea, what visible reminder is there of the protagonist's carelessness?
(a) Scratches in the floor.
(b) A permanent tea stain on the floor.
(c) The broken teapot cannot be mended.
(d) Scars on his mother's wrists and arms.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Sifu sit in the dark?
2. In the resume on page 7, what kind of "face" is listed under "Skills"?
3. What always happens in the scene from Black and White that recurs throughout "ACT II: INT. GOLDEN PALACE"?
4. Where did the protagonist's family immigrate from?
5. What is Karen Lee's job?
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