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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Watching Phoebe playing in ACT V: KUNG FU DAD," what does the protagonist suddenly remember?
(a) What it means to be authentically yourself.
(b) How he used to play with his own father.
(c) How happy he was when he was a child.
(d) What he dreamed of being when he was Phoebe's age.

2. What is Ming-Chen Wu's first American job?
(a) Script supervisor.
(b) Graduate instructor.
(c) Waiter.
(d) Nurse's assistant.

3. Who is Phoebe?
(a) A rival actress who takes Karen's job.
(b) Dorothy's sister.
(c) The protagonist's daughter.
(d) Karen's sister.

4. What is a "dialectic"?
(a) Something intended to sabotage an official process.
(b) A conversation.
(c) A manner of speaking outside of the mainstream.
(d) Something that operates through opposing forces.

5. What does Older Brother say that the protagonist is guilty of?
(a) Participating in the system that oppresses him.
(b) Causing the disappearance of many Asian men.
(c) Using kung fu for an improper purpose.
(d) Killing Old Fong.

6. What is the name of Phoebe's character on the new television show?
(a) Kung Fu Kid.
(b) Mei Mei,
(c) A-kong
(d) Phoebe.

7. What recurring problem does Dorothy face when she is younger?
(a) Racist beliefs about her intelligence.
(b) Homesickness for her life in Taiwan.
(c) Being falsely accused of crimes.
(d) Sexual harassment.

8. On page 226, what is the prosecution's only question for Green?
(a) "Why do Asians not belong in lead roles?"
(b) "What are you doing for dinner tonight?"
(c) "Have you been drinking?"
(d) "Where did you buy that suit?"

9. When the protagonist is about to tell Karen about his meeting with the director, what news does Karen have for him?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She expects him to propose.
(c) She has been offered a job on a different show.
(d) She is leaving him.

10. How many children were in Dorothy Wu's family?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 8.

11. What does the phrase "a castle in the air" refer to?
(a) A perspective from which to see more clearly.
(b) A secure position from which to defend oneself.
(c) A dream that is not likely to come true.
(d) A pure place that uncomfortable truth cannot touch.

12. On page 233, who tells the protagonist "Your oppression is second-class"?
(a) The prosecutor.
(b) Older Brother.
(c) Green.
(d) Turner.

13. Who are the witnesses against the protagonist?
(a) Dorothy and Ming-Chen.
(b) Fatty Choy and Young Fong.
(c) Karen and Phoebe.
(d) Green and Turner.

14. Where did Dorothy and Ming-Chen meet?
(a) In Ohio.
(b) In Taipei, Taiwan.
(c) At the place that became the Golden Palace.
(d) In Mississippi.

15. Why do some of the actors think that having their characters die is a good thing?
(a) They know that having your character die is the only way to get cast as a higher-status character.
(b) They enjoy having some time away from acting.
(c) They think that if you play the same character long enough you forget who you are.
(d) They all hate their characters, anyway.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the prosecution try to do at the very beginning of the trial?

2. What question does Green put to the protagonist?

3. Why does Older Brother say that the court cannot properly hear this case?

4. After Green takes the stand, what objection does Older Brother raise?

5. When the police show up to take the protagonist, what does he reveal?

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