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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On pages 72-77, how is the boundary of reality shown?
(a) When the Monkey King is past the boundary of reality, his words are in a different font.
(b) The area past the boundary of reality is blank white space.
(c) The area past the boundary of reality is full of zig-zag lines like electricity.
(d) When the Monkey King is past the boundary of reality, he keeps changing form.

3. What visual characteristic is used to set the Monkey King apart from the other monkeys?
(a) He is much larger.
(b) He wears a crown.
(c) His fur is a different color.
(d) He is the only one in clothing.

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

5. What traditional Chinese object does the herbalist's wife use?
(a) A paper fan.
(b) An abacus.
(c) A calligraphy brush.
(d) A cast iron tea pot.

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

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

8. What does the splash on page 44 show?
(a) The city that Danny lives in.
(b) The exterior of Danny's house.
(c) The airport.
(d) Danny's school.

9. When the Dragon King laughs at the Monkey King, what does the Monkey King do?
(a) He creates clones of himself to attack the Dragon King.
(b) He grows to his Giant Form and steps on the Dragon King.
(c) He hits the Dragon King with his magic cudgel.
(d) He shifts into the form of a serpent and squeezes the Dragon King.

10. In the illustration of the Monkey King's "firm but gentle" way of ruling, what is the Monkey King doing (10)?
(a) Lecturing a crowd of monkeys.
(b) Hitting another monkey on the head.
(c) Pointing sternly at another monkey.
(d) Sitting on his throne thinking.

11. How long does it take the Monkey King to acquire the Four Major Disciplines of Invulnerability?
(a) 7 days.
(b) 40 days.
(c) 30 days.
(d) 12 days.

12. What does Jin's friendship with Peter Garbinsky show about Jin?
(a) He is the kind of person who does not judge others.
(b) He is so lonely that he is willing to be friends with someone who is kind of mean to him.
(c) He is awkward and does not really know how to be a good friend.
(d) He is curious about people who have lifestyles that are different from his own.

13. On page 13, the caption says that the Monkey King is "beside himself with anticipation." What does this phrase mean?
(a) He is starting to worry about whether he will be let in.
(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 very excited and is looking forward to the party.

14. What does Chin-Kee want to do when he goes to school with Danny?
(a) Learn to play American football.
(b) Find himself an American girlfriend.
(c) Work on improving his English.
(d) Show American students how to do math.

15. Where is Wei-Chen Sun from?
(a) Taiwan.
(b) Chicago.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) China.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Jin's third grade teacher?

2. What is clear from Melanie's reaction to the news that Chin-Kee is coming to visit?

3. What made heaven first notice the Monkey King?

4. What is it implied is about to happen between Danny and Melanie when Danny's mother interrupts them?

5. When Jin is little, what does he call his mother?

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