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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 does Mr. Graham name the lizard "Clarissa" (90)?
2. What is the name of Danny's current high school?
3. What is Danny's first class of the day?
4. When Timmy makes an offensive remark to Amelia, who comes to her defense?
5. What is Wei-Chen distracted by when Jin is trying to ask him for advice about whether Amelia has a crush on Greg?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the gym after school, what does Danny tell Steve about Chin-Kee?
2. What do Danny and Steve talk about at lunchtime?
3. What are the three things that make the other legendary monks besides Wong Lai-Tsao special?
4. In Chapter 8, how does Jin end up doing something that betrays his friendship with Wei-Chen?
5. What change does Jin make to his appearance in Chapter 5, and why does he do it?
6. What happens in each of Danny's classes when he brings Chin-Kee to school with him, and how does Danny react?
7. What is the quality that makes Wong Lai-Tsao special?
8. When Jin tells Wei-Chen about his date with Amelia, what concern does he voice, and what is Wei-Chen's response?
9. What does Chin-Kee do while Steve is looking through his book bag, and why does the author include this strange incident?
10. Why does Danny ask Steve for a copy of the game schedule, and how does Steve react?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that analyzes how gutter space is used to control pace in one chapter of American Born Chinese. Support your ideas with evidence from the book.
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 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.
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