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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 page 97, as Jin walks home from school, what are the thought balloons communicating?

2. What does Steve pretend that the name of Danny's former high-school team was?

3. What does Wong Lai-Tsao insist that the Monkey King leave behind at the end of Chapter 7?

4. What sport does Danny play?

5. How is Wong Lai-Tsao supposed to find his way on his journey?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the quality that makes Wong Lai-Tsao special?

2. What does Chin-Kee bring for lunch, and how do the other students react to it?

3. What does Wong Lai-Tsao explain to the Monkey King about the seal that Tze-Yo-Tzuh put on the mountain?

4. What advice did Jin's cousin Charlie give him about dating, and what happens to make Jin wonder if maybe Charlie was right?

5. Why does Danny ask Steve for a copy of the game schedule, and how does Steve react?

6. Where does Danny have to go after school, and what upsetting thing happens while he is on his way there?

7. What change does Jin make to his appearance in Chapter 5, and why does he do it?

8. What prevents Jin from putting his arm around Amelia at the theater, and how does he solve that problem?

9. What happens in each of Danny's classes when he brings Chin-Kee to school with him, and how does Danny react?

10. How does a change in Mr. Graham's classroom cause Wei-Chen and the girl that Jin likes to end up staying after school together?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that compares and contrasts the prejudice shown by Timmy with the prejudice shown by Greg. Support your claims with textual evidence.

Essay Topic 2

In American Born Chinese, Wong Lai-Tsao undertakes his Journey to the West to visit the Christ Child--but this is not the purpose of Tang Sanzang's journey in Journey to the West. Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about why Gene Luen Yang made this change. Support your ideas with textual evidence, and be sure to cite outside sources in MLA format.

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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