Interior Chinatown

Multiple Choice

1. C (Various chapters)

2. C (Various chapters)

3. B (Various chapters)

4. A (Various chapters)

5. D (Various chapters)

6. A (Various chapters)

7. D (Various chapters)

8. B (Various chapters)

9. C (Various chapters)

10. A (Various chapters)

11. B (Various chapters)

12. D (Various chapters)

13. C (Various chapters)

14. B (Various chapters)

15. A (Various chapters)

Long Answer

1. Sifu gives heartfelt performances of John Denver’s song “Country Roads.” This song is about a yearning to go home to a place of belonging, but Sifu, an immigrant who would appear to have two homes—Taiwan and America—actually has no place that is truly home. Like many first-generation immigrants, he does not feel a sense of belonging in either country. (Chapters 2 and 7)

2. The use of a screenplay format emphasizes that the novel is a “dramatized” version of life, not a literal representation. Characters often speak clichéd dialogue, and the action of the novel—particularly on the set of Black and White—would be improbable in real life. Yu’s point is not that these are things that commonly happen in the real world but rather that this is how life feels for many Americans of Asian descent. (Various chapters)