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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. Who does Monkey ask for help?

2. Where does the wind drop the travelers?

3. What do the villagers invite the travelers to?

4. Where do Monkey and the others rest the night after they leave Cart Slow?

5. What do the travelers leave with the Emperor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What joke does Pigsy play on Monkey?

2. What mistake does Kuan-yin tell Monkey he makes with the second monster in this section?

3. Why does the deity that cares for the town want to sacrifice the boy and girl?

4. How do Pigsy and Monkey force the monster to retreat?

5. How does Monkey bring the Emporer back to life?

6. What does Monkey find out about the city Cart Slow?

7. How does Monkey defeat the immortals?

8. How does the turtle cause the characters problems at the end of the story?

9. Summarize the book.

10. Why do Monkey and the others have to stop traveling when they get to the river?

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

Monkey is translated from Chinese into English. How much meaning can a book loses through a translation? What aspects of the book do you think would be the most difficult to express in English? How do you think a translator can overcome these difficulties?

Essay Topic 3

Examine Buddhism.

1. What are Buddhists and how do they view life?

2. What influence have Buddhists had on popular culture?

3. How has Latino life shaped the characters of the book?

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