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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. After the movie, why does Jin cross his arms across his chest?

2. When Jin sees Suzy after school, what does she tell him about?

3. What is implied about why Danny comes late to school?

4. What do the demons do with Wong Lai-Tsao after they stab him?

5. What is offensive about the remarks that Timmy and his friend make as they pass Suzy, Jin, and Wei-Chen after school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Chin-Kee do while Steve is looking through his book bag, and why does the author include this strange incident?

2. What story did Jin's mother tell him about her choosing to marry his father?

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

4. In the gym after school, what does Danny tell Steve about Chin-Kee?

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

6. What are the three things that make the other legendary monks besides Wong Lai-Tsao special?

7. What surprising revelation happens at the end of Chapter 8, and what causes this thing to happen?

8. Who is to accompany Wong Lai-Tsao on his trip, and where will they come from?

9. How does the Monkey King's behavior contradict what he tells Wong Lai-Tsao about the demons?

10. Once Jin realizes that he has a crush on a girl, what keeps happening when he is around her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you analyze the Monkey King's choices when he appears as Chin-Kee. Why does he take the form he takes, and why does he behave as he does? Support your ideas with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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