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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 is the monster's castle?

2. Where is the Emperor?

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

4. What does Tripitaka refuse to do?

5. Who are Monkey and the others required to sacrifice at the village?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Monkey's plan to bring the Emperor back to life?

4. How does Monkey defeat the immortals?

5. How does Kuan-yin summon her magical fish?

6. Why does Buddha not give Pigsy the title of Buddha?

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

8. Why does Lao refuse to help Monkey?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the main turning points of the story? How do turning points work to keep a reader interested in the story? When does Ch'Eng-En Wu use his turning points and why does he use them at those particular moments in the story?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the book and helps to express character and theme:

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

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