American Born Chinese Quizzes

American Born Chinese Quiz 1

1 Who narrates American Born Chinese?

Jin

The Monkey King

An unnamed narrator and Jin, depending on the storyline

Chin-Kee
2 What genre is American Born Chinese?

Romance novel

Mystery thriller

Literary fiction

Graphic novel
3 Who wrote American Born Chinese?

Gene Yang

Wang Gene

Jin Wang

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

Publisher

Author

Colorist

Illustrator
5 What year was American Born Chinese first published?

2006

2009

2011

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

Four

Three

Two

Five
7 Whose storyline does the book begin with?

The Monkey King

Chin-Kee

Danny

Jin
8 Who is the novel's primary protagonist?

Danny

Wei-Chen

Monkey King

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

Sun Wukong

God

Lsao-Tai

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?

Hong Kong

San Francisco's Chinatown

An unnamed American suburb

Beijing
12 Where are Jin's parents from?

Taiwan

Mainland China

Hong Kong

Hong Kong and Taiwan
13 Whose point of view does the novel follow?

Jin's

Danny's

Monkey King'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?

Simile

Situational irony

Auditory imagery

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

Foreshadowing

Simile

Metonymy

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

These are all applicable themes

Racial Discrimination

Transformation

Discontent
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

Auditory

Situational

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

Dramatic irony

Foreshadowing

Parallelism

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

Kinesthetic

Olfactory

Auditory

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

Visual

Kinesthetic

Olfactory

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

Comparison

Parallelism

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

Broccoli

A wig

Cauliflower

Carrot tops
24 What does Chin-Kee symbolize?

Chinese authoritarianism

The pressure to have a good work ethic

Racist stereotypes

Embarrassing extended family members
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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