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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 Buddha challenge the Stone Monkey to do?

2. Who does Pigsy swear to serve?

3. Where does the Stone Monkey swear to do if Tripitaka frees him?

4. Who is the ruler of heaven?

5. Who saves Tripitaka?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Tripitaka need to control Monkey?

2. How does Tripiakata get to Monkey?

3. How is Jade Emperor a wise leader?

4. How does Jade Emperor try to control Monkey?

5. How does the Stone Monkey become King?

6. Why does the Stone Monkey return to his brethren?

7. How does Monkey kill the Demon?

8. Why does the Patriarach banish the Stone Monkey?

9. Why does Kuan-yin think Hsuan Tsang will make a good script seeker?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Away from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

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