American Born Chinese Quizzes

American Born Chinese Quiz 1

1 Who narrates American Born Chinese?

Jin

Chin-Kee

The Monkey King

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

Literary fiction

Mystery thriller

Romance novel

Graphic novel
3 Who wrote American Born Chinese?

Lark Pien

Wang Gene

Gene Yang

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

Author

Illustrator

Publisher

Colorist
5 What year was American Born Chinese first published?

2006

2011

2009

2016
6 How many apparently separate storylines does American Born Chinese contain?

Two

Three

Four

Five
7 Whose storyline does the book begin with?

Jin

Chin-Kee

The Monkey King

Danny
8 Who is the novel's primary protagonist?

Wei-Chen

Danny

Monkey King

Jin Wang
9 What folklore character is the Monkey King based on?

Sun Wukong

Lsao-Tai

God

The Buddha
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?

An unnamed American suburb

Hong Kong

San Francisco's Chinatown

Beijing
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?

It alternates depending on the section

Jin's

Monkey King's

Danny'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?

Auditory imagery

Foreshadowing

Simile

Situational irony
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?

Discontent

Transformation

Racial Discrimination

These are all applicable themes
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?

Situational

Verbal

Dramatic

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

Foreshadowing

Situational irony

Parallelism

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

Kinesthetic

Olfactory

Visual

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

Auditory

Olfactory

Visual

Kinesthetic
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

Comparison

Simile

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

Simile

Parallelism

Metaphor

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

Broccoli

A wig

Carrot tops

Cauliflower
24 What does Chin-Kee symbolize?

Embarrassing extended family members

Chinese authoritarianism

Racist stereotypes

The pressure to have a good work ethic
25 What does Danny symbolize?

Jin's true identity

White people's embarrassment of their Chinese cousins

Jin's desire to be accepted by the white mainstream

None of these

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