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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the student who makes the prejudiced comment about Chinese people eating dogs?
(a) Bobby.
(b) Jimmy.
(c) Timmy.
(d) Sammy.

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

3. How does the Monkey King get to the Eastern Sea to see the Dragon King?
(a) He uses his giant form to take one enormous step.
(b) He doesn't--he makes the Dragon King come to Flower-Fruit Mountain.
(c) He rides a cloud.
(d) He uses his new power to teleport.

4. Why are the monkeys on page 55 having so much trouble collecting fruit?
(a) It is dark outside.
(b) They are wearing shoes.
(c) The tree limbs are slippery with ice.
(d) There is not much fruit left.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word is repeated nine times at the bottom of the first panel of Chapter 3, on page 43?

2. Why does Jin's friendship with Peter Garbinsky end?

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

4. On page 7, what is one of the gods bragging about?

5. What is Chin-Kee's luggage drawn to look like?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jin tell the herbalist's wife he wants to be when he grows up, and how does she respond?

2. What "exciting news" does Danny's mother have for him, and what is his reaction (46)?

3. What happens when the Monkey King is refused entrance to the party?

4. What jobs did Jin's parents have before they graduated, and what jobs did they have after they graduated?

5. What is Chin-Kee's reaction to Melanie, and how does it make him seem both ridiculous and threatening?

6. Describe the two settings in Chapter 1.

7. What visual stereotypes about Chinese people are evident in Chapter 3?

8. What things has the Monkey King studied and mastered?

9. How does the reader know as soon as Chin-Kee enters the room that he is meant to be the object of ridicule?

10. What does Tze-Yo-Tzuh tell the Monkey King about his power, and what is the Monkey King's response?

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