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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. Why are there tiny clouds around the Monkey King's feet at the bottom of page 11?
2. What do the monkeys give the Monkey King when he emerges from his underground chamber?
3. What reason does the Dragon King give for the other gods not being willing to go to Flower-Fruit Mountain?
4. What does the story say the Monkey King was "born of" (9)?
5. What is used for the first time in the illustration of the Monkey King learning "Discipline One" on page 10?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the Monkey King find when he arrives in heaven, and why is it especially difficult for him?
2. What happens when the Monkey King escapes past the boundary of reality, and what does he later find out is true about this experience?
3. What jobs did Jin's parents have before they graduated, and what jobs did they have after they graduated?
4. What does Jin tell the herbalist's wife he wants to be when he grows up, and how does she respond?
5. What happens when the Monkey King is refused entrance to the party?
6. How did Jin's parents meet?
7. How did the Monkey King become king?
8. What two things does the Monkey King do as a result of his embarrassment in heaven?
9. In what ways other than how he looks is Chin-Kee a stereotyped caricature of a Chinese person?
10. What visual stereotypes about Chinese people are evident in Chapter 3?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that analyzes how both words and images are used to convey the characters' emotion in American Born Chinese. Support your ideas with evidence from the book.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay in which you divide and classify the stages of the Monkey King's character development in American Born Chinese. You might have as few as three stages, or you might see several more than this--you decide what the phases of change in his character are. Support your ideas with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that analyzes the importance of mentorship in American Born Chinese. Be sure to support your claims with evidence from the text.
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