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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 title do the Gods bestow on the Stone Monkey?

2. Who does Monkey turn himself into?

3. Who does Pigsy swear to serve?

4. What is the Stone Monkey unable to control?

5. What is the name of the beast who has plagued Monkey's brethren?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the magic coat and hat that Kuan-yin gives to Tripitaka for?

2. How does Tripiakata get to Monkey?

3. How does the Stone Monkey become King?

4. Why does Kuan-yin think Hsuan Tsang will make a good script seeker?

5. Why do the farmers want Monkey and Tripitaka to help them?

6. Why does the Stone Monkey return to his brethren?

7. How does Monkey prove that he flew to the end of the earth?

8. How does Monkey get weapons for his brethren?

9. How does Hsuan Tang revenge his father's death?

10. How does Ts'ui add twenty years to the Emperor's life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Monkey's character to the character he was at the beginning of the book to the character he is at the end.

1. What did Monkey hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Monkey's ideas about life?

3. How has Monkey's character changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Examine Buddhism.

1. What are Buddhists and how do they view life?

2. What influence have Buddhists had on popular culture?

3. How has Latino life shaped the characters of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Away from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

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