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

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

3. Why do all of the other kids in Jin's apartment building come to his apartment on Saturday mornings?
(a) His television gets the best reception.
(b) His mother is babysitting for their parents.
(c) His mother makes the best food.
(d) Jin has the best toys.

4. What is the name of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea?
(a) Ao-Kuang.
(b) Yama.
(c) Lao-Tzu.
(d) The Jade Emperor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Monkey King learn to turn into clones of himself?

2. Who are the Lion, Ox, Human, and Eagle?

3. What is used for the first time in the illustration of the Monkey King learning "Discipline One" on page 10?

4. What made heaven first notice the Monkey King?

5. Where is Wei-Chen Sun from?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 4, what message does the Monkey King receive from heaven, and how does he respond?

4. What does the Monkey King find when he arrives in heaven, and why is it especially difficult for him?

5. How did Jin's parents meet?

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

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

8. Describe the two settings in Chapter 1.

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

10. 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?

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