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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What is Melanie's first reaction to Danny's odd behavior on page 45?
(a) She thinks that he is "fooling around" instead of studying.
(b) She thinks that he is "being a jerk" because he does not take her seriously.
(c) She thinks that he is "acting creepy" and should keep his thoughts to himself.
(d) She thinks that he is "being rude" and should pay more attention.

3. What rude comment does Jin make to Wei-Chen?
(a) He tells him to speak English because he is in America.
(b) He asks him if his family eats dogs.
(c) He makes fun of Wei-Chen's lunch.
(d) He makes fun of Wei-Chen's name.

4. What is the probable purpose of Jin's mother's story about the mother and son long ago in China?
(a) She is trying to point out that the move will be good for Jin's future.
(b) She wants Jin to know that his sadness is a little selfish.
(c) She is trying to share some family history with Jin.
(d) She wants Jin to understand that she would not move him if she had any choice.

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

6. Who is depicted struggling to carry all of Chin-Kee's luggage?
(a) A taxi driver.
(b) Danny's father.
(c) Danny.
(d) Chin-Kee.

7. Why is the Monkey King supposed to go see the Dragon King?
(a) To be executed.
(b) To deliver a message.
(c) To demonstrate his new skills.
(d) To explain why he beat up everyone in heaven.

8. What is the name of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea?
(a) Yama.
(b) Lao-Tzu.
(c) The Jade Emperor.
(d) Ao-Kuang.

9. What subject are Melanie and Danny studying?
(a) American history.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Calculus.
(d) American literature.

10. What famous historical person is depicted in the story's first panel, on page 7?
(a) Confucius.
(b) Deng Xiaoping.
(c) Mao Zedong.
(d) Lao-Tzu.

11. Where is Danny's father at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) In the back yard.
(b) At the airport.
(c) At work.
(d) In the garage.

12. Who is "The Great Sage, Equal of Heaven" (60)?
(a) The Ruler of the Celestials.
(b) The Patron of Immortality.
(c) The Monkey King.
(d) The Care-Taker of the Underworld.

13. Whose face is featured on the first panel of Chapter 3, on page 43?
(a) Danny's.
(b) Chin-Kee's.
(c) Melanie's.
(d) Danny's mother's.

14. On pages 72-77, how is the boundary of reality shown?
(a) When the Monkey King is past the boundary of reality, his words are in a different font.
(b) The area past the boundary of reality is full of zig-zag lines like electricity.
(c) When the Monkey King is past the boundary of reality, he keeps changing form.
(d) The area past the boundary of reality is blank white space.

15. What does Chin-Kee say that he wants Melanie to do for him?
(a) Cook for him.
(b) Do his laundry.
(c) Massage his feet.
(d) Have his children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jin's Transformer change into?

2. What is it implied is about to happen between Danny and Melanie when Danny's mother interrupts them?

3. What does the Monkey King learn to turn into clones of himself?

4. Where is Danny's mother during all of Chapter 3?

5. What visual characteristic is used to set the Monkey King apart from the other monkeys?

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