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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 is the name of Jin's new elementary school?
2. What is Danny doing in the first picture of him, on page 45?
3. On page 13, the caption says that the Monkey King is "beside himself with anticipation." What does this phrase mean?
4. In the illustration of the Monkey King's "firm but gentle" way of ruling, what is the Monkey King doing (10)?
5. What is the name of Jin's third grade teacher?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the two settings in Chapter 1.
2. What does Tze-Yo-Tzuh tell the Monkey King about his power, and what is the Monkey King's response?
3. What plans does Chin-Kee have for the next day, and how do Danny's and his mother's reactions vary?
4. What "exciting news" does Danny's mother have for him, and what is his reaction (46)?
5. How did the Monkey King become king?
6. What two things are Danny and Melanie talking about when Chapter 3 opens?
7. What does Tze-Yo-Tzuh tell the Monkey King about being a monkey, and what is the Monkey King's response?
8. What does Jin tell the herbalist's wife he wants to be when he grows up, and how does she respond?
9. What happens when the Monkey King reports to the Dragon King?
10. How did Jin's parents meet?
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 create humor in American Born Chinese. Support your ideas with evidence from the book.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that analyzes how clothing is used to characterize people (and monkeys) in American Born Chinese. Support your ideas with evidence from the book.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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