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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 Monkey say he needs to get from heaven?

2. What does the monster want to do to Tripitaka when he has caught him?

3. What kind of animal is the wizard?

4. What are the boy and girl put on in preparation for the hungry God?

5. Who challenges Monkey and the others when they reach Cart Slow?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Lao refuse to help Monkey?

3. How do Monkey and the others get an audience with the false King?

4. What does the turtle ask the travelers to ask Buddha?

5. What are the character's new names?

6. Why does the Bodhisattva stop Monkey from destroying the wizard?

7. What is the perch's plan to capture Tripitaka?

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

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

10. What does Tripitaka dream about after getting across the lake?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did Ch'Eng-En Wu decide to end the story like he did? How else could he have ended the story? What new meaning would this ending have given the story?

Essay Topic 2

Monkey is both a folk and mythological story. What are the mechanics of a folk and mythological story in terms of the following?

1. Language

2. Character

3. Structure

Essay Topic 3

Examine the book's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the 1500s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the book if it was set in today's society?

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