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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the monkeys' faces look when the Monkey King announces that he is leaving for the evening?
(a) Unhappy.
(b) Suspicious.
(c) Surprised.
(d) Mischievous.

2. What is the intended message of the page 32 illustrations of children playing and Jin sitting at a table?
(a) Jin does not know how to play the games the others play.
(b) Jin is rejected by the other children.
(c) Jin takes a long time to finish his lunch.
(d) Jin does not like the people in his new school.

3. Who are the Lion, Ox, Human, and Eagle?
(a) They carry messages to Tze-Yo-Tzuh.
(b) They are the earthly forms of Tze-Yo-Tzuh.
(c) They guard the prison where demons are kept.
(d) They judge disputes between gods.

4. What is the name of Jin's third grade teacher?
(a) Mrs. Foster.
(b) Mrs. Robertson.
(c) Mrs. Malone.
(d) Mrs. Greeder.

5. In the panels that begin Chapter 2, what is Jin holding on the car ride to his new home?
(a) A Monkey King toy.
(b) A Transformers toy.
(c) A moving box.
(d) A photo of his old home.

6. When Jin is little, what does he call his mother?
(a) Ma-ma.
(b) Muqin.
(c) Mommy.
(d) Ama.

7. In the three side-by-side panels on page 12 that show the Monkey King waiting in line, what changes about him in each picture?
(a) He is waiting with a different group of characters in each picture.
(b) He gets closer to the front of the line in each picture.
(c) He is wearing a different outfit in each picture.
(d) He looks angrier in each picture.

8. What finally convinces Jin to give Wei-Chen a chance?
(a) Wei-Chen is good at football.
(b) Jin's teacher asks him to help Wei-Chen get adjusted.
(c) Jin's mother tells him to play with Wei-Chen.
(d) Wei-Chen also likes transforming robot toys.

9. What is implied by the wording and punctuation when Danny tells Melanie "Well, I-that happens when I'm really concentrating on your--I mean--chemistry" (45)?
(a) Danny is confused because he was almost asleep.
(b) Danny is flustered because he has been staring at Melanie.
(c) Danny is shy and embarrassed to talk to a girl.
(d) Danny is bored and having a hard time paying attention to the conversation.

10. What does Chin-Kee compare himself to when he is telling Danny how excited he is to be there?
(a) An ox.
(b) Ginger root.
(c) A tiger.
(d) Manure.

11. What is clear from Melanie's reaction to the news that Chin-Kee is coming to visit?
(a) Melanie has already met Chin-Kee.
(b) Danny has told Melanie unflattering stories about Chin-Kee.
(c) Melanie is prejudiced against Chinese people.
(d) Danny has never mentioned Chin-Kee to her.

12. What are the gods depicted eating on page 7?
(a) Peaches.
(b) Bao buns.
(c) Egg tarts.
(d) Passion fruit.

13. On page 8, the monkeys are "frolicking." What does this mean are they doing?
(a) Singing.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Playing.
(d) Marching.

14. When the Dragon King laughs at the Monkey King, what does the Monkey King do?
(a) He creates clones of himself to attack the Dragon King.
(b) He hits the Dragon King with his magic cudgel.
(c) He grows to his Giant Form and steps on the Dragon King.
(d) He shifts into the form of a serpent and squeezes the Dragon King.

15. What does Chin-Kee want to do when he goes to school with Danny?
(a) Show American students how to do math.
(b) Work on improving his English.
(c) Learn to play American football.
(d) Find himself an American girlfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of American Born Chinese?

2. What is the picture that demonstrates the Monkey King's "Invulnerability to Wounds" (57)?

3. What word is repeated nine times at the bottom of the first panel of Chapter 3, on page 43?

4. Where is Danny's father at the beginning of Chapter 3?

5. What does the Dragon King's guard do to the Monkey King?

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