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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. Where does Tripitaka accompany the hunter?

2. What is Stone Monkey's job in heaven?

3. Where does Che'n have to leave his ill mother?

4. What will happen to the monkey who is brave enough to walk through the veil of water?

5. What does the Stone Monkey turn a few of his hairs into?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hsuan Tang revenge his father's death?

2. Why does the Stone Monky leave his brethren?

3. Why does Tripitaka need to control Monkey?

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

5. How does Pigsy join the group?

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

7. How does Monkey kill the Demon?

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

9. How does the Stone Monkey become King?

10. Why does Monkey go off to find religion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the 1970s Monkey was made into a famous TV series. Why do you think the themes and ideas in the book were still relevant 6 years later? How did the filmmakers adapt the themes to fit in with the new environment? How did these changes affect the meaning of the story?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the books reception in three different countries including the country the book was written. How do their opinions about the books differ? Was the book more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

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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