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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 subject are Melanie and Danny studying?

2. What is special about the flowers on Flower-Fruit Mountain?

3. Where is Wei-Chen Sun from?

4. What are the gods depicted eating on page 7?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Chin-Kee's reaction to Melanie, and how does it make him seem both ridiculous and threatening?

2. What things has the Monkey King studied and mastered?

3. What plans does Chin-Kee have for the next day, and how do Danny's and his mother's reactions vary?

4. What is similar about the day Jin is introduced to his new class and the day that Wei-Chen is introduced to his new class?

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

6. What does the Monkey King find when he arrives in heaven, and why is it especially difficult for him?

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

8. What two things does the Monkey King do as a result of his embarrassment in heaven?

9. Describe the two settings in Chapter 1.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the story that Jin's mother tells him as they are moving to their new home, on pages 23-24. Be sure to offer textual evidence to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you divide and classify the stages of the Monkey King's character development in American Born Chinese. You might have as few as three stages, or you might see several more than this--you decide what the phases of change in his character are. Support your ideas with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 3

American Born Chinese is based around a traditional Buddhist story. Do some research into the principles of Buddhism--especially its teachings about ethics and morality. Then, write an essay that evaluates the extent to which American Born Chinese reflects traditional Buddhist teachings. Be sure to use evidence from the text to support your claims and to cite all sources in MLA format.

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