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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. On pages 72-77, how is the boundary of reality shown?

2. Who are the Lion, Ox, Human, and Eagle?

3. What mark of punctuation is used to show the Monkey King's emotion when he sees the long line?

4. What does the Monkey King learn to turn into clones of himself?

5. Who is "The Great Sage, Equal of Heaven" (60)?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Jin's parents meet?

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

3. Describe the two settings in Chapter 1.

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

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

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

7. What happens when the Monkey King escapes past the boundary of reality, and what does he later find out is true about this experience?

8. How does the Monkey King discover that there is a party happening in heaven?

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

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 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 use of different narrative voices in American Born Chinese. Support your ideas with evidence from the book.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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