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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. Who arrives at the theater soon after Wittman sets off the firecrackers?

2. What is the name of the man at the Employment Office near Chinatown?

3. Who does Wittman say created negative stereotypes of the Chinese?

4. Who does WIttman have to find?

5. Where did Zeppelin and his friends take Popo for a picnic?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Wittman not like Siew Loong, Little Dragon?

5. Why is Wittman not allowed to set off firecrackers?

6. What does Wittman explain to the elderly Chinese woman?

7. What does Zeppelin say has happened to Popo?

8. What obligations does Wittman feel he has to fulfill?

9. What does Wittmann think has happened to Popo?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how Wittman's Chinese ethnicity affected one of the following areas in her life.

1) Work.

2) Social life.

3) Intimate relationships.

4) Family.

Essay Topic 2

The author writes the novel in the third person. Why do you think the author chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would change if the author wrote it in the first person?

Essay Topic 3

Look at the structure of the novel.

1) How does the author use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?

2) Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

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