China Men | Overview & Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

Chapter Abstracts

Chapter abstracts are short descriptions of events that occur in each chapter. They highlight major plot events and detail the important relationships and characteristics of characters and objects. The Chapter Abstracts can be used to review what the students have read, or to prepare the students for what they will read. Hand the abstracts out in class as a study guide, or use them as a "key" for a class discussion. They are relatively brief, but can serve to be an excellent refresher of the text for either a student or teacher.

On Discovery Abstract

* The author opens this novel with a traditional Chinese folktale about a man named Tang Ao. This adventurous character steals across the ocean in search of the Mountain of Gold.
* He discovers a land controlled by women who prepare Tang to meet the Queen.
* Tang suffers torturous events...
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