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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What point does Older Brother make about discrimination against Asians in the United States?
(a) It has been different from the experience of Black Americans, but is still serious.
(b) Because Asians were not enslaved they can not claim to have been persecuted.
(c) Although it was serious in the past, it disappeared a long time ago.
(d) There are still many laws that discriminate against Asian Americans.

2. What happens when the protagonist is finally freed from Black and White?
(a) The show rebrands itself as "Black and Yellow."
(b) The show ends, leaving Chinatown permanently.
(c) The show moves its location to a Hispanic barrio.
(d) A new "Generic Asian Man" takes his place on the show.

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

4. When Green asks to make a statement, how does the judge respond?
(a) By asking her to return to the gallery.
(b) By asking her if she wants to share the judge's seat.
(c) By taking her aside for a private conversation.
(d) By telling her that she can only answer questions from the lawyers.

5. What is revealed about Phoebe's personality during her soliloquy in ACT V: KUNG FU DAD"?
(a) She is compassionate.
(b) She loves music.
(c) She is anxious.
(d) She makes a lot of jokes.

6. What does the protagonist think is true about Phoebe?
(a) She is weird.
(b) She is cynical.
(c) She is tough.
(d) She is brave.

7. After Green takes the stand, what objection does Older Brother raise?
(a) There is too much sexual tension in the courtroom.
(b) There is no need for White witnesses.
(c) She is not dressed appropriately for a courtroom.
(d) She does not appear on his witness list.

8. When Ming-Chen Wu gets the role as Sifu, what does it cause him to realize?
(a) This is the moment that everything depends on, and he has to get his family out of Chinatown.
(b) With hard work and determination, he can accomplish anything.
(c) No matter how high he climbs, he will always be seen as an Asian stereotype.
(d) He never really wanted to be an actor in the first place.

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

10. What does Turner call the protagonist during his testimony?
(a) A gangster.
(b) A ham.
(c) A nerd.
(d) A weenie.

11. What does "acculturation" mean?
(a) Adapting to a dominant culture while retaining your own unique culture.
(b) The gradual change that occurs in a culture due to the addition of immigrant cultures.
(c) The gradual acquisition of your own culture as you grow up in it.
(d) Adopting a dominant culture and leaving behind your own unique culture.

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

13. What book from her childhood does Dorothy use to learn English?
(a) Hamilton's Mythology.
(b) The Lord of the Rings.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The Collected Works of William Shakespeare.

14. Who does the protagonist notice is missing among the spectators?
(a) His mother.
(b) Phoebe.
(c) Karen.
(d) His father.

15. On page 195, when the protagonist questions Karen's choice of a place to bring Phoebe up, what does Karen reply?
(a) "That was your choice."
(b) "Sometimes grown-ups need to make hard choices."
(c) "You lost the right to make that decision."
(d) "You'll figure it out."

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Phoebe's character in ACT V: KUNG FU DAD"?

2. In her soliloquy in ACT V: KUNG FU DAD," what is one of the things that Phoebe says she will make and sell?

3. Why does Karen tell the protagonist, "I don't want to practice dating" (167)?

4. What did the judge rule in People v. Hall?

5. Who were the Kuomintang?

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