Themes
Motifs
Plot
Symbols
Facts about the book
100
List one theme that occurs in chapter 6?
What is love and loss, chinese culture vs. american culture, expectation vs. reality
100
Name one motif in chapter 5
What is wind
100
What happened to the baby in chapter 6?
What is it died
100
What did Lena's unbalanced table represent?
What is an unbalanced life
100
Who is the author of this book?
What is Amy Tan
200
What is theme?
What is the moral or broad idea of a story
200
What is a motif?
What is a repeated idea or theme
200
Where did the family first obtain the chess set in chapter 5?
What is from an old lady at their church
200
What is a symbol?
What is an object that represents a complex idea
200
When was the JLC published?
What is 1989
300
What is an example of "sacrifice and suffering" in chapter 6?
What is when her mother loses her baby
300
What is a motif in chapter 6 illustrated by Ying-Ying's responce to the chinese man on the street?
What is fear of man
300
In chapter 5, why does she get angry at her mother when at the store?
What is because she was bragging about her
300
What theme does the wall represent in chapter 6?
What is expectation vs. reality
300
Who is this book dedicated to?
What is Amy Tan's mother and grandmother
400
In chapter 6, what else did the mother lose other than her child?
What is her mind
400
How are dreams incorperated in chapter 6?
What is Lena's nightmares about the girl next store
400
Where was it that Waverly Jong first gained an interest in chess?
What is when her brothers first started playing it
400
What did the chessboard symbolize?
Her life as a game where she was versing her mother
400
What is the name of the second book?
What is the twenty-six malignant gates
500
The concept of weak mother-daughter relationships appears in chapter 6 when.....?
What is when her mother loses herself and doesn't communicate with her daughter
500
How did Lena try to fit in with the kids at school?
What is she opened her eyes really wide to look American
500
In chapter 6, what did the mother do when she kept on saying "things are unbalanced"?
What is she rearranged the furniture
500
What do the missing peices in the chess board represent?
What is the missing peices in her life
500
This book was on the bestsellers list for how many months?
What is nine months
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