American Born Chinese Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Gene Luen Yang
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 178 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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American Born Chinese Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Gene Luen Yang
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 178 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 does Jin's friendship with Peter Garbinsky show about Jin?
(a) He is curious about people who have lifestyles that are different from his own.
(b) He is the kind of person who does not judge others.
(c) He is so lonely that he is willing to be friends with someone who is kind of mean to him.
(d) He is awkward and does not really know how to be a good friend.

2. On page 13, the caption says that the Monkey King is "beside himself with anticipation." What does this phrase mean?
(a) He is very excited and is looking forward to the party.
(b) He is getting suspicious about whether this party will be worth the long wait.
(c) He is very tired from waiting in line for so long.
(d) He is starting to worry about whether he will be let in.

3. What is the intended message of the page 32 illustrations of children playing and Jin sitting at a table?
(a) Jin takes a long time to finish his lunch.
(b) Jin does not like the people in his new school.
(c) Jin is rejected by the other children.
(d) Jin does not know how to play the games the others play.

4. What is used for the first time in the illustration of the Monkey King learning "Discipline One" on page 10?
(a) A depiction of a character's thoughts (thought-balloon).
(b) A sound-effect word (onomatopoeia).
(c) A Chinese character (Hanzi).
(d) Smell lines (wafteron).

5. What does the Monkey King use his "Heavenly Senses" to detect on page 11?
(a) The heavenly dinner party.
(b) The sound of two monkeys fighting over a bunch of bananas.
(c) The presence of an evil spirit.
(d) The location of a cloud.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the illustration of the Monkey King's "firm but gentle" way of ruling, what is the Monkey King doing (10)?

2. What rude comment does Jin make to Wei-Chen?

3. Where is Wei-Chen Sun from?

4. On page 8, the monkeys are "frolicking." What does this mean are they doing?

5. What mark of punctuation is used to show the Monkey King's emotion when he sees the long line?

(see the answer key)

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