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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the protagonist's mother live?
(a) Down the hall from his father.
(b) In another city's Chinatown.
(c) With his father.
(d) With him.

2. Where did the protagonist's family immigrate from?
(a) Mainland China.
(b) Hong Kong.
(c) Taiwan.
(d) Mongolia.

3. In the flashback in In "ACT II: INT. GOLDEN PALACE," what does the protagonist's mother make him promise?
(a) To stop practicing kung fu inside the apartment.
(b) To bury her in China when she dies.
(c) To take a job outside of Chinatown.
(d) Not to grow up to be Kung Fu Guy.

4. What always happens in the scene from Black and White that recurs throughout "ACT II: INT. GOLDEN PALACE"?
(a) The main characters shoot an unarmed Asian man.
(b) The main characters break character and laugh.
(c) The main characters discuss the body of a dead Asian man.
(d) The main characters interrogate an Asian man sweeping the restaurant.

5. What is "Jade Palace"?
(a) A rival restaurant.
(b) The apartment complex where the protagonist lives.
(c) The former name of the Golden Palace.
(d) The headquarters of a Chinese gang.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Karen Lee's job?

2. What is the protagonist's dream job?

3. In the flashback in In "ACT II: INT. GOLDEN PALACE," what does the protagonist keep telling his mother he is going to do?

4. What is the real purpose of the protagonist's visits to his father?

5. On page 8 is a list of your mother's roles. What do most of these roles have in common?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what thematic ideas are communicated in the description from page 37, "BLACK AND WHITE. Two cops, one of each race....they drive around in a black-and-white police car, even through they're detectives."

2. What are some of the details that people should realize mean that Sifu is living in poverty?

3. Why did the protagonist's father and Older Brother have a falling out, and what does the detectives' reaction demonstrate about them?

4. How does the text describe Bruce Lee?

5. What is the paradox that periodically sends the residents of the Chinatown SRO Apartments over the edge into an all-night party?

6. Describe the interior of the Golden Palace.

7. When Green and Turner do not offer Mini Boss the deal that he wants, how does he escape?

8. When the protagonist finally steps into the spotlight, what is his first line, and what does it signify?

9. When Green takes the protagonist's side in his argument with Turner, what does Turner say about both the protagonist's and Green's reactions?

10. Explain the central conceit of the section in which the protagonist visits and cares for his father despite his father seeming not to recognize him.

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