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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. Which two characters get married in this chapter?

2. Where do Monkey and his friends arrive after traveling for 1000 days?

3. What kind of people discuss the best health food stores?

4. What is Louise's position at the department store?

5. What does Sunny call Wittman?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Wittman envy Nanci?

2. What does Wittman think when he sees some Chinese immigrants in Golden Gate Park?

3. What does Wittman think about the girl sitting on the stairs?

4. How do Wittman and Tasa celebrate their marriage?

5. Why can Wittman's statement about being the monkey King be seen as true?

6. Why is Wittman regarded as one of the winners of the party?

7. Who does Wittman tell Nanci he really is?

8. What does Wittman tell the Yale Younger Poet about his theater company?

9. How does Wittman try to dissuade the Chinese girl from talking to him?

10. What does Wittman fantasize about on the bus?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author writes the novel in the third person. Why do you think the author chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would change if the author wrote it in the first person?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how Wittman's Chinese ethnicity affected one of the following areas in her life.

1) Work.

2) Social life.

3) Intimate relationships.

4) Family.

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