American Born Chinese

. Quiz: 1. What really was the 5 gold pillars? 2. What were the bubbles on Amelia's shoulder from?  3. What is the reason that Danny keeps on changing schools? 4. What was the true identity of the village beggars? 5. Why wouldn't they let the Monkey King into the party? 6. What does the herbalist's wife tell Jin? 7. What does Chin-kee do to Steve's coke? 8. Wong Lai-Tsao gets attacked by what on his journey? 9. What is the true identity of Chin-kee? 10. What is the true identity of Danny?       The first theme of this book is don't take people for granted. Jin took Wei-Chen for granted and didn't respect how good of a friend he was. The Monkey King took Tze-Yo-Tzuh for granted and ended up under a pile of rock for punishment. Danny took Chin-kee for granted and never really tried to learn his background story. All of them learned thought in the end that they needed to look past the cover before they make choices on who that person is.       The second theme is to stay true to yourself. Jin would rather be anyone but himself but later realizes that his life was great before and should of never tried to change it. When the herbalist's wife tells him that he can be anyone as long as he gives up his soul, she's telling him that he can change his ways if he wants but the truth is all he needs he already has. Jin does stay true to himself and changes to Danny, which is where his troubles start.       The third theme is that without friends we would get nowhere. Wong Lai-Tsao would of died without the Monkey King's help. Jin would of been a lonely nobody without Wei-Chen. Without Steve, Danny would have no one as well. Friends are needed throughout the whole course of the book.