Chapterts 1-2

Reading Check

1. Actor (Chapter 1)

2. Kung Fu Guy (Chapter 1)

3. Older Brother (Chapter 1)

4. An apartment building/the SRO (Chapter 2)

5. Becoming Kung Fu Guy (Chapter 2)

6. Old Mr. Fong (Chapter 2)

Short Answer

1. He points out that the gap between having just enough to subsist on and having not quite enough to subsist on has a tremendous impact on people. He suggests that this disparity has even more of an impact than the gap between being well-off and being poor. (Chapter 1)

2. His mother and father have separated, and they live in different apartments in the same building that Willis lives in. (Chapter 1)

3. The show is called Black and White. A “black and white” is a police car because of its traditional colors, but this is also a reference to the show’s stars, two police partners—one Black partner, one white partner. “Black and white” is also a way of describing a situation that lacks nuance, which is a good description of this show’s approach. (

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