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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. What does the Monkey King learn to turn into clones of himself?
2. What is Chin-Kee's relationship to Danny?
3. What does the story say the Monkey King was "born of" (9)?
4. What is implied by the wording and punctuation when Danny tells Melanie "Well, I-that happens when I'm really concentrating on your--I mean--chemistry" (45)?
5. What famous historical person is depicted in the story's first panel, on page 7?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what ways other than how he looks is Chin-Kee a stereotyped caricature of a Chinese person?
2. What jobs did Jin's parents have before they graduated, and what jobs did they have after they graduated?
3. In Chapter 4, what message does the Monkey King receive from heaven, and how does he respond?
4. Why does the Monkey King think he should be allowed into the party, and why does the guard refuse to let him in?
5. After the Monkey King beats many of them up, who do the gods and goddesses ask for help, and what do they want them to do?
6. What does Jin tell the herbalist's wife he wants to be when he grows up, and how does she respond?
7. What kind of toy does Jin love, and how did he develop his love for these toys?
8. What does the Monkey King find when he arrives in heaven, and why is it especially difficult for him?
9. How did the Monkey King become king?
10. Describe the two settings in Chapter 1.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Now that you know the ending of American Born Chinese, your ideas about the sitcom-like presentation of Danny's life should have shifted and become more complex. Write an essay in which you explore how the book's revelation that Danny is Jin changes the reader's understanding of the way Danny's life is presented. Support your ideas with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the story that Jin's mother tells him as they are moving to their new home, on pages 23-24. Be sure to offer textual evidence to support your ideas.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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