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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 is Loong's nickname?

2. Where do Wittman and Tasa go after the restaurant?

3. What Chinese year was Wittman born in?

4. What do the Flying Lings perform?

5. What kind of dancers were Wittman's aunts?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Wittman get himself and Tasa thrown out of the restaurant?

3. How does Wittman persuade his mother to dance in his show?

4. How does Zeppelin illustrate the cheapness of the Chang family?

5. What is Wittman's new play about?

6. What theater elements feature in Wittman's new play?

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

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

9. Why does Wittman have trouble registering at the Unemployment Office?

10. How does Zeppelin live his life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the values of the 1960s.

1) Why was ethnicity and stereotyping such an issue during this time? In what ways are the characters a product of their time?

2) Was America going through a transitional phase in the 1960s? What significant changes do you think occurred during this period?

3) Does modern society share any values with 1960s America?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the races Kingston represents in the book and examine the myths and stereotypes that surround that race in popular culture. How did these myths develop? What is the truth behind the myth?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author's life. In what way are her life and personality reflected in the book? How does she use the novel to express her views?

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