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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. On page 8, the monkeys are "frolicking." What does this mean are they doing?
(a) Playing.
(b) Singing.
(c) Marching.
(d) Dancing.

2. What does Chin-Kee compare himself to when he is telling Danny how excited he is to be there?
(a) An ox.
(b) Ginger root.
(c) A tiger.
(d) Manure.

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

4. Who is depicted struggling to carry all of Chin-Kee's luggage?
(a) Chin-Kee.
(b) Danny.
(c) A taxi driver.
(d) Danny's father.

5. How do the monkeys' faces look when the Monkey King announces that he is leaving for the evening?
(a) Mischievous.
(b) Unhappy.
(c) Suspicious.
(d) Surprised.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the splash on page 44 show?

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

3. When the Dragon King laughs at the Monkey King, what does the Monkey King do?

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

5. What does Jin's friendship with Peter Garbinsky show about Jin?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the "old Chinese parable" that Jin's mother tells him while they are moving (23)?

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

4. In what ways do the other students at Mayflower Elementary isolate Jin socially?

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

6. 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?

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

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

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. How did the Monkey King become king?

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