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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 takes the travelers homeward?

2. What has the fish learned?

3. What is Tripitaka's new title?

4. How does Tripitaka prove he is the real Tripiatake?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the travelers get to Buddha's paradise from the village?

2. How do the characters change when they reach Buddha?

3. How do Monkey and Pigsy trick the deity?

4. What are the character's new names?

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

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

7. How can Monkey tell which person is the real Tripitaka?

8. How does Monkey persuade Lao to give him the pills?

9. Why does the monster want to eat Tripitaka?

10. In what way are Monkey and Pigsy's characters changing in this chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Monkey's character to the character he was at the beginning of the book to the character he is at the end.

1. What did Monkey hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Monkey's ideas about life?

3. How has Monkey's character changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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