American Born Chinese Quizzes

American Born Chinese Quiz 1

1 Who narrates American Born Chinese?

Chin-Kee

The Monkey King

Jin

An unnamed narrator and Jin, depending on the storyline
2 What genre is American Born Chinese?

Graphic novel

Romance novel

Literary fiction

Mystery thriller
3 Who wrote American Born Chinese?

Gene Yang

Lark Pien

Wang Gene

Jin Wang
4 What was Lark Pien's role in the book?

Colorist

Publisher

Author

Illustrator
5 What year was American Born Chinese first published?

2006

2009

2016

2011
6 How many apparently separate storylines does American Born Chinese contain?

Two

Four

Three

Five
7 Whose storyline does the book begin with?

Chin-Kee

Jin

The Monkey King

Danny
8 Who is the novel's primary protagonist?

Monkey King

Jin Wang

Wei-Chen

Danny
9 What folklore character is the Monkey King based on?

Sun Wukong

Lsao-Tai

The Buddha

God
10 What classic Chinese novel does the Monkey King come from?

Dream of the Red Chamber

Water Margin

Journey to the West

Romance of the Three Kingdoms
11 Where is the majority of Jin's storyline set?

Beijing

An unnamed American suburb

San Francisco's Chinatown

Hong Kong
12 Where are Jin's parents from?

Hong Kong and Taiwan

Hong Kong

Mainland China

Taiwan
13 Whose point of view does the novel follow?

Danny's

It alternates depending on the section

Jin's

Monkey King's
14 Greg looks concerned when he sees Jin and Amelia enjoying their date; later he asks Jin not to ask her out again. When the reader witnesses Greg's displeasure at the movie, it is an example of which literary device?

Situational irony

Foreshadowing

Simile

Auditory imagery
15 Basing the Monkey King's story on a folk tale is an example of what literary device?

Simile

Allusion

Metonymy

Foreshadowing
16 Which option is NOT one of the novel's major themes?

Racial Discrimination

Discontent

These are all applicable themes

Transformation
17 When Mrs. Greeder reprimands Timmy but then suggests that Jin's family used to eat dogs, it is an example of what type of irony?

Dramatic

Situational

Auditory

Verbal
18 What literary device is at play when Tze-Yo-Tzuh reveals that the five gold pillars were his hand?

Parallelism

Dramatic irony

Situational irony

Foreshadowing
19 When the Monkey King smells his own fur, it is an example of what type of imagery?

Olfactory

Kinesthetic

Auditory

Visual
20 The clacking sound of the herbalist's abacus is an example of what type of imagery?

Kinesthetic

Auditory

Visual

Olfactory
21 When Chin-Kee arrives, he tells Danny he is happy "as ginger root pranted in nutritious manure of well-bred ox." What literary device is contained in Chin-Kee's phrase?

Comparison

Allusion

Simile

Metaphor
22 When Wei-Chen says Jin is "a cowardly little turtle," he is using a:

Comparison

Metaphor

Parallelism

Simile
23 What does Wei-Chen compare Jin's curly hair to?

A wig

Broccoli

Cauliflower

Carrot tops
24 What does Chin-Kee symbolize?

Racist stereotypes

The pressure to have a good work ethic

Embarrassing extended family members

Chinese authoritarianism
25 What does Danny symbolize?

Jin's desire to be accepted by the white mainstream

Jin's true identity

White people's embarrassment of their Chinese cousins

None of these

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