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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 do all of the other kids in Jin's apartment building come to his apartment on Saturday mornings?
2. What does Chin-Kee want to do when he goes to school with Danny?
3. What is The Monkey King doing when Tze-Yo-Tzuh appears?
4. Where is Danny's mother during all of Chapter 3?
5. What is the probable purpose of Jin's mother's story about the mother and son long ago in China?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what ways other than how he looks is Chin-Kee a stereotyped caricature of a Chinese person?
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. 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?
4. What does the Monkey King find when he arrives in heaven, and why is it especially difficult for him?
5. What happens when the Monkey King is refused entrance to the party?
6. What kind of toy does Jin love, and how did he develop his love for these toys?
7. 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?
8. What does Tze-Yo-Tzuh tell the Monkey King about his power, and what is the Monkey King's response?
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. What things has the Monkey King studied and mastered?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Write an essay that analyzes the role that peer groups play in American Born Chinese. Be sure to support your claims with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the stories that Jin has been told about his parents' pasts. Be sure to support your ideas with evidence from the text.
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