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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 does Suzy tell Jin she realized when Timmy called her by a racial slur earlier in the day?
2. What does Amelia do when Jin puts his arm around her?
3. What does Wong Lai-Tsao call the Monkey King?
4. After the movie, what does Amelia suggest?
5. What is Amelia doing when Jin first notices her?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Suzy and Wei-Chen are teasing Jin after school, who comes by and makes a comment about them, and how does it change the group's mood?
2. Who is to accompany Wong Lai-Tsao on his trip, and where will they come from?
3. What advice did Jin's cousin Charlie give him about dating, and what happens to make Jin wonder if maybe Charlie was right?
4. In Chapter 8, how does Jin end up doing something that betrays his friendship with Wei-Chen?
5. Where does Danny have to go after school, and what upsetting thing happens while he is on his way there?
6. What does Chin-Kee do while Steve is looking through his book bag, and why does the author include this strange incident?
7. In Chapter 5, whom does Jin have a crush on, and what does he like about her?
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. When Jin tells Wei-Chen about his date with Amelia, what concern does he voice, and what is Wei-Chen's response?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that analyzes how clothing is used to characterize people (and monkeys) in American Born Chinese. Support your ideas with evidence from the book.
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 that analyzes Jin's friendship with Peter Garbinsky. What motivates each of them to become friends, what is the nature of their friendship, and what does this friendship demonstrate about Jin? Support your claims with textual evidence.
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