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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 does Amelia do when Jin puts his arm around her?
(a) Asks him what he is doing.
(b) Leans closer to him.
(c) Pushes his arm away.
(d) Kisses him on the cheek.

2. On page 97, as Jin walks home from school, what are the thought balloons communicating?
(a) He is worried that Mr. Graham is disappointed about how distracted he has been.
(b) He is worried that Greg's curly hair makes him attractive to Amelia.
(c) He is worried that Timmy's treatment of him and his friends is getting worse and worse.
(d) He is worried that he and Wei-Chen are not as close anymore because of Suzy.

3. What is the "ZZZT!" sound over Jin's head meant to convey?
(a) His sense of humor.
(b) Him getting an idea.
(c) His confidence.
(d) Him getting sleepy.

4. What does Wong Lai-Tsao insist that the Monkey King leave behind at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) His shoes.
(b) His anger.
(c) His cudgel.
(d) His kung-fu.

5. In the sermon that he tries to give what is Wong Lai-Tsao discussing?
(a) Buddha.
(b) Family relationships.
(c) Poverty.
(d) The heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Wong Lai-Tsao supposed to find his way on his journey?

2. What does Wong Lai-Tsao call the Monkey King?

3. What argument does Wong Lai-Tsao give the Monkey King about why the Monkey King should not want him to die?

4. What does Suzy tell Jin she realized when Timmy called her by a racial slur earlier in the day?

5. What is Danny's first teacher of the day irritated about?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Jin finally tells Wei-Chen about his crush on a classmate, what changes in Wei-Chen's life as a result of their conversation?

2. When Suzy and Wei-Chen are teasing Jin after school, who comes by and makes a comment about them, and how does it change the group's mood?

3. What story did Jin's mother tell him about her choosing to marry his father?

4. How does the Monkey King's behavior contradict what he tells Wong Lai-Tsao about the demons?

5. How does Wong Lai-Tsao come to the attention of Tze-Yo-Tzuh, and what mission does Tze-Yo-Tzuh give him?

6. What are the three things that make the other legendary monks besides Wong Lai-Tsao special?

7. Why does Danny ask Steve for a copy of the game schedule, and how does Steve react?

8. What does Chin-Kee do while Steve is looking through his book bag, and why does the author include this strange incident?

9. What change does Jin make to his appearance in Chapter 5, and why does he do it?

10. What happens when Wong Lai-Tsao tries to do the things that make the other monks special?

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