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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Chin-Kee's luggage drawn to look like?
(a) Packing boxes.
(b) Treasure boxes.
(c) Takeout boxes.
(d) Jewelry boxes.

3. Why does Jin's mother visit the herbalist?
(a) So that Jin can learn to speak Mandarin.
(b) For allergy treatment.
(c) She is trying to learn herbalism.
(d) The herbalist's wife is her best friend.

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

5. What large city did Jin live in for the first nine years of his life?
(a) New York.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Chicago.
(d) San Francisco.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Chin-Kee's relationship to Danny?

2. When the Dragon King laughs at the Monkey King, what does the Monkey King do?

3. Whose face is featured on the first panel of Chapter 3, on page 43?

4. On pages 72-77, how is the boundary of reality shown?

5. What is funny about the language that the Monkey King uses when he is trying to get into the party?

Short Essay Questions

1. What visual stereotypes about Chinese people are evident in Chapter 3?

2. How did Jin's parents meet?

3. In Chapter 4, what message does the Monkey King receive from heaven, and how does he respond?

4. Why does the Monkey King think he should be allowed into the party, and why does the guard refuse to let him in?

5. What jobs did Jin's parents have before they graduated, and what jobs did they have after they graduated?

6. What "exciting news" does Danny's mother have for him, and what is his reaction (46)?

7. How did the Monkey King become king?

8. What two things are Danny and Melanie talking about when Chapter 3 opens?

9. What kind of toy does Jin love, and how did he develop his love for these toys?

10. What happens when the Monkey King is refused entrance to the party?

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