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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 Monkey find Kuan-yin?

2. What takes the travelers across the lake?

3. What do the travelers leave with the Emperor?

4. What does the perch tell the monster to make the weather like?

5. What carries Tripitaka across the lake?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the character's new names?

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

4. How does Monkey defeat the immortals?

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

6. Why does the monster want to eat Tripitaka?

7. How do Monkey and Pigsy trick the deity?

8. What joke does Pigsy play on Monkey?

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

10. Why does Lao refuse to help Monkey?

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

Pick a character from the book and discuss his or her goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 3

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

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