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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is special about the flowers on Flower-Fruit Mountain?
(a) They smell like honey.
(b) They are very large.
(c) Their colors change.
(d) They bloom all year.

2. What made heaven first notice the Monkey King?
(a) The smell of his fur.
(b) The sound of his laugh.
(c) The vibrations from his jumping.
(d) The light from his eyes.

3. How do the monkeys' faces look when the Monkey King announces that he is leaving for the evening?
(a) Suspicious.
(b) Surprised.
(c) Unhappy.
(d) Mischievous.

4. Who is Suzy Nakamura?
(a) Jin's neighbor.
(b) Jin's classmate.
(c) A girl Jin's mother wants him to play with.
(d) A girl Jin has a crush on.

5. What large city did Jin live in for the first nine years of his life?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) New York.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the probable purpose of Jin's mother's story about the mother and son long ago in China?

2. Why is a vertical panel a good choice for the picture of the Monkey King's journey to heaven?

3. Why do all of the other kids in Jin's apartment building come to his apartment on Saturday mornings?

4. Who is the author of American Born Chinese?

5. What famous historical person is depicted in the story's first panel, on page 7?

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