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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 challenges Monkey and the others when they reach Cart Slow?

2. What carries Tripitaka across the lake?

3. What does Tripitaka refuse to do?

4. What does the perch say Tripitaka will want to get to?

5. What does the Buddha give the travelers when they return from their quest?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In what way is Tripitaka not necessarily the leader of the group?

5. Summarize the book.

6. How is Sandy different to Monkey and Pigsy?

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

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

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

10. How do Monkey and Pigsy trick the deity?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Compare Chinese and western culture.

1. What are the differences between the two cultures?

2. In what way have the two cultures influenced each other?

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