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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Danny's father at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) In the back yard.
(b) In the garage.
(c) At the airport.
(d) At work.

2. How long is the Monkey King trapped under the pile of rocks by Tze-Yo-Tzuh?
(a) 10,000 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 40 days.
(d) 500 years.

3. What is the name of Jin's third grade teacher?
(a) Mrs. Robertson.
(b) Mrs. Foster.
(c) Mrs. Greeder.
(d) Mrs. Malone.

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

5. What rude comment does Jin make to Wei-Chen?
(a) He tells him to speak English because he is in America.
(b) He makes fun of Wei-Chen's name.
(c) He makes fun of Wei-Chen's lunch.
(d) He asks him if his family eats dogs.

6. What does the story say the Monkey King was "born of" (9)?
(a) Fire.
(b) Water.
(c) Rock.
(d) Lightening.

7. What famous Chinese philosopher does Chin-Kee make a reference to?
(a) Gaozi.
(b) Lao-Tzu.
(c) Wang Fu.
(d) Confucius.

8. What is Chin-Kee's luggage drawn to look like?
(a) Treasure boxes.
(b) Jewelry boxes.
(c) Packing boxes.
(d) Takeout boxes.

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

10. In the three side-by-side panels on page 12 that show the Monkey King waiting in line, what changes about him in each picture?
(a) He is wearing a different outfit in each picture.
(b) He looks angrier in each picture.
(c) He gets closer to the front of the line in each picture.
(d) He is waiting with a different group of characters in each picture.

11. What makes Greg different from the other boys in Jin's class?
(a) He tries to stand up for Jin.
(b) He is from Taiwan.
(c) He also likes Transformers.
(d) He is also a new student.

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

13. In the panels that begin Chapter 2, what is Jin holding on the car ride to his new home?
(a) A Transformers toy.
(b) A photo of his old home.
(c) A moving box.
(d) A Monkey King toy.

14. What is The Monkey King doing when Tze-Yo-Tzuh appears?
(a) Hitting someone on the head with his magic cudgel.
(b) Shouting at his monkey subjects and ordering them around.
(c) Stealing food from heaven.
(d) Training and meditating to learn new kung-fu skills.

15. What physical feature of Melanie's does Chin-Kee comment on twice?
(a) Her hair.
(b) Her breasts.
(c) Her hips.
(d) Her eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the splash on page 44 show?

2. What visual characteristic is used to set the Monkey King apart from the other monkeys?

3. Whose face is featured on the first panel of Chapter 3, on page 43?

4. Why does Jin's mother visit the herbalist?

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

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