Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book | 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.

Chapter 1: Trippers and Askers Abstract

* Wittman Ah Sing walks through the Golden Gate park. He sees a group of Chinese immigrants and being from China himself, he imagines them saying "Nylon-made. Lasts Forever."
* Wittman catches the bus downtown, reading aloud from a book called the Notebooks of Malte Lurids Brigge by the...
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