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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many "Disciplines of Bodily Form" does the Monkey King master (58)?

2. What made heaven first notice the Monkey King?

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

4. Why are the monkeys on page 55 having so much trouble collecting fruit?

5. What do the monkeys give the Monkey King when he emerges from his underground chamber?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

5. What happens when the Monkey King reports to the Dragon King?

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

7. What two things are Danny and Melanie talking about when Chapter 3 opens?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that analyzes how color is used to support a thematic motif in American Born Chinese. Support your ideas with evidence from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that analyzes the importance of mentorship in American Born Chinese. Be sure to support your claims with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 3

In American Born Chinese, Wong Lai-Tsao undertakes his Journey to the West to visit the Christ Child--but this is not the purpose of Tang Sanzang's journey in Journey to the West. Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about why Gene Luen Yang made this change. Support your ideas with textual evidence, and be sure to cite outside sources in MLA format.

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