American Born Chinese Quizzes

American Born Chinese Quiz 1

1 Who narrates American Born Chinese?
The Monkey King

An unnamed narrator and Jin, depending on the storyline

Chin-Kee

Jin
2 What genre is American Born Chinese?
Literary fiction

Graphic novel

Mystery thriller

Romance novel
3 Who wrote American Born Chinese?
Gene Yang

Wang Gene

Lark Pien

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

Colorist

Publisher

Author
5 What year was American Born Chinese first published?
2009

2016

2011

2006
6 How many apparently separate storylines does American Born Chinese contain?
Three

Four

Five

Two
7 Whose storyline does the book begin with?
Jin

Danny

The Monkey King

Chin-Kee
8 Who is the novel's primary protagonist?
Danny

Monkey King

Jin Wang

Wei-Chen
9 What folklore character is the Monkey King based on?
Lsao-Tai

Sun Wukong

God

The Buddha
10 What classic Chinese novel does the Monkey King come from?
Dream of the Red Chamber

Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Water Margin

Journey to the West
11 Where is the majority of Jin's storyline set?
Beijing

An unnamed American suburb

Hong Kong

San Francisco's Chinatown
12 Where are Jin's parents from?
Hong Kong

Mainland China

Hong Kong and Taiwan

Taiwan
13 Whose point of view does the novel follow?
Jin's

Monkey King's

Danny's

It alternates depending on the section
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?
Allusion

Metonymy

Foreshadowing

Simile
16 Which option is NOT one of the novel's major themes?
These are all applicable themes

Discontent

Transformation

Racial Discrimination
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?
Verbal

Auditory

Dramatic

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

Situational irony

Parallelism

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

Auditory

Visual

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

Visual

Kinesthetic

Auditory
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?
Metaphor

Allusion

Simile

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

Parallelism

Comparison

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

Broccoli

Carrot tops

A wig
24 What does Chin-Kee symbolize?
The pressure to have a good work ethic

Embarrassing extended family members

Chinese authoritarianism

Racist stereotypes
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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