5I read this in 1978/9. I think it was fairly new and chose it as a 'free reader' in school. We moved house and I never got to finish it! This is what I recall of it:Green coverHard bookMain character a boyAnimal companions - 2? Possibly dragon or panda? Monkey? One of them really daft.Set in China/East - folk tale like but had a modern feelHumourousSome sort of missionDisastrous but amusing events. Particularly remember something about a city, split milk, city wallsOccasional line illustrations, gestural style but not cartoonsMay have been read on Jackanory (BBC) or schools radio.identification-request

in american born chinese What do you notice about the tone the author uses to describe the Monkey King? Is it serious? Hilarious? Subtly amusing? Other? Why did the author start the book this way?

in american born chinese Why does the novel start with the story of the monkey king?

An early, important modern picture storybook in English wasGroup of answer choicesThe Cat in the Hat.The Tale of Peter Rabbit.Frog and Toad Are Friends.Where’s Spot?

The Dream of the Red Chamber isGroup of answer choicesA famous Chinese novel depicting the decline of a great Chinese family written during the Qing eraAn obscure Buddhist religious text discovered in China during the 1800sThe diary of an unknown English traveler depicting Chinese society during the Qing ruleGenealogical chart of the Qing emperorsA collection of Daoist poems from the Qing era

A Poem of Changganby Li PoMy hair had hardly covered my forehead.I was picking flowers, playing by my door,When you, my lover, on a bamboo horse,Came trotting in circles and throwing green plums.We lived near together on a lane in Ch’ang-kan,Both of us young and happy-hearted....At fourteen I became your wife,So bashful that I dared not smile,And I lowered my head toward a dark cornerAnd would not turn to your thousand calls;But at fifteen I straightened my brows and laughed,Learning that no dust could ever seal our love,That even unto death I would await you by my postAnd would never lose heart in the tower of silent watching....Then when I was sixteen, you left on a long journeyThrough the Gorges of Ch'u-t'ang, of rock and whirling water.And then came the Fifth-month, more than I could bear,And I tried to hear the monkeys in your lofty far-off sky.Your footprints by our door, where I had watched you go,Were hidden, every one of them, under green moss,Hidden under moss too deep to sweep away.And the first autumn wind added fallen leaves.And now, in the Eighth-month, yellowing butterfliesHover, two by two, in our west-garden grassesAnd, because of all this, my heart is breakingAnd I fear for my bright cheeks, lest they fade....Oh, at last, when you return through the three Pa districts,Send me a message home ahead!And I will come and meet you and will never mind the distance,All the way to Chang-feng Sha. 25Select the correct answer.Which statement best summarizes the theme of "A Poem of Changgan"?   A. True love changes as the lovers become mature. B. True love cannot thrive if lovers are far away from each other. C. True love cannot be diluted by distance or time. D. True love changes with the changing seasons. E. True love cannot withstand separation and distance.