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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 surprising about the vagrants who question Wong Lai-Tsao?

2. Where did Mr. Graham's classroom animals come from?

3. Two times, Danny teases Steve by comparing him to what?

4. What does Danny ask Steve for a copy of?

5. When Wong Lai-Tsao is warned about the demons, what is his response?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

6. What happens when Wong Lai-Tsao tries to do the things that make the other monks special?

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

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

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

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

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 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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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