Author Background
Author of "American Born Chinese"
Gene Luen Yang
True or False: "American Born Chinese" is an example of a comic book.
False: It's a graphic novel.
In every retelling, the Monkey King is always imprisoned. In ABC, his prison is this.
A pile of rocks.
Jin refuses to speak this language with Wei-Chen.
Mandarin
Throughout the book, each character is forced to fit into a new culture. The process for this is called...
Assimilation
2
The boxes present in a graphic novel are called this.
Panels
After getting kicked out of the party, all monkeys are required to wear this.
Shoes
When Jin grows up, he wants to become this, but will lose this to do so.
A Transformer; his soul.
This character visits Danny, bringing chaos into his life.
Chin-Kee
Gene Luen Yang developed American Born Chinese for this streaming platform.
Disney+
"American Born Chinese" is divided into how many different stories?
3
The Monkey King transforms into this character in order to teach Jin a lesson.
Chin-Kee
Jin has a crush on this girl.
Amelia.
At the end of the book, this character is revealed to be the Monkey King's son.
Wei-Chen
The core of both the TV show and the book is the following theme.
Self acceptance of all of your identities.
The white space between panels is called this.
The gutter.
The Monkey King is exiled because he does this to the Five Pillars of Gold.
He pees on them.
Jin kisses Suzy.
Wei-Chen is originally from this country.
Taiwan
Gene Luen Yang published American Born Chinese in this year.
2006
The shape of these determines the emotion the speaker feels.
Word/Speech Bubbles
The Monkey King originally appears in this novel.
Journey to the West
Jin gets this hairstyle in order to assimilate into American culture.
A perm.
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