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

2. What does the Monkey King keep insisting is true about himself?
(a) He is no longer a monkey.
(b) He is no longer a king.
(c) He is the rightful ruler of the Eastern Sea.
(d) He is the rightful ruler of heaven.

3. Why is the Monkey King supposed to go see the Dragon King?
(a) To be executed.
(b) To demonstrate his new skills.
(c) To deliver a message.
(d) To explain why he beat up everyone in heaven.

4. 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 is rejected by the other children.
(c) Jin does not know how to play the games the others play.
(d) Jin does not like the people in his new school.

5. What reason does the Dragon King give for the other gods not being willing to go to Flower-Fruit Mountain?
(a) They could not stand the smell of monkeys.
(b) They did not want to travel such a long distance.
(c) They are afraid of the Monkey King.
(d) They were afraid of getting fleas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the angle brackets indicate about the words they surround?

2. What makes Greg different from the other boys in Jin's class?

3. What is Melanie's first reaction to Danny's odd behavior on page 45?

4. What kind of spirit once haunted Flower-Fruit Mountain?

5. What is funny about the language that the Monkey King uses when he is trying to get into the party?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two things does the Monkey King do as a result of his embarrassment in heaven?

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

3. What is similar about the day Jin is introduced to his new class and the day that Wei-Chen is introduced to his new class?

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

5. How does the Monkey King discover that there is a party happening in heaven?

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

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

8. Why does the Monkey King think he should be allowed into the party, and why does the guard refuse to let him in?

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

10. What plans does Chin-Kee have for the next day, and how do Danny's and his mother's reactions vary?

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