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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 the author say the Monkey's body has been made as hard as?

2. Who does Pigsy swear to serve?

3. What does the author say works upon the stone before the Stone Monkey is born?

4. What is the Stone Monkey put into for 49 days?

5. Where does Tripitaka accompany the hunter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jade Emperor try to make Monkey mortal?

2. How does Monkey kill the Demon?

3. Why do the farmers want Monkey and Tripitaka to help them?

4. How does Kuan-yin get the monster onto her side?

5. How does Monkey escape death?

6. How does Buddha prove Monkey never left his hand?

7. Why does the Patriarach banish the Stone Monkey?

8. How does the Stone Monkey become King?

9. Why does the Stone Monky leave his brethren?

10. How does Kuan-Yin persuade the monster to join Buddha?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Monkey's character to the character he was at the beginning of the book to the character he is at the end.

1. What did Monkey hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Monkey's ideas about life?

3. How has Monkey's character changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the animals in the book and examine the myths that surround that animal in popular culture. How did these myths develop? What is the truth behind the myth?

Essay Topic 3

Pick a character from the book and discuss his or her goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

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