Who said it?
"Nah, she'll just be glad I'm not dead or something. Oh, she'll pretend to be mad, sort of. We do this kind of stuff all the time" (Tan 119).
Who is the girl next door (Teresa)
The art of invisible strength
What is "...a strategy for winning arguments, respect from others, and eventually, though neither of us knew it at the time, chess games" (Tan 89).
Change Ying-Ying's identity?
Who is Ying-Ying's husband or Lena's father
This symbolizes a person's inner strength
What is wind
The Hsu's go to the beach?
What is to catch fish (perch)
"You can be best anything. What does Auntie Lindo know? Her daughter, she is only best tricky" (Tan 141).
Who is Suyuan Woo
The story of The Twenty-Six Malignant Gates?
What is terrible dangers that could happen to children based on their birth year
Drowned at their family's first visit to the beach?
What does the bible symbolize for the Hsu family?
What is holding onto hope
Ted want to divorce Rose?
What is she never made her own decisions
"When something goes against your nature, you are not in balance. This house was built too steep, and a bad wind from the top blows all your strength back down the hill. So you can never get ahead. You are always rolling backward" (Tan 112).
Who is Ying-Ying St. Clair
The reason why Jing-Mei was able to easily trick her instructor into believing she was better at piano than she was?
What is Old Chong was deaf in addition to having bad eyesight
Accidentally sucked a nerve out of a patient's face when trying to remove red veins?
Who is Ted Jordan (Rose's husband)
Fighting from the nextdoor neighbors
What is display of emotion that Lena doesn't receive
Ying-Ying become depressed?
What is she had a stillbirth
"How the hell did we ever get married? Did you just say 'I do' because the minister said 'repeat after me'? What would you have done with your life if I had never married you?" (Tan 127).
Who is Ted Jordan
Nengkan
What is the ability to do anything you set your mind to
Drove to the beach with no prior driving experience?
Who is An-Mei Hsu or Rose's Mother
America
What is you could achieve anything you want
Rose take her eyes of Bing?
What is to break up a fight between her other brothers?
"'Just like you'...'Not the best. Because you not trying'" (Tan 146).
Who is Suyuan Woo (Jing-Mei's mom)
Two halves of the same song symbolic of?
What is Jing-Mei and Suyuan Woo's relationship
Tried to make her daughter the next Shirley Temple
Who is Suyuan Woo
Piano
What is forgiveness
Jing-Mei not try during her piano lessons?
What is she didn't want to be someone she wasn't to please others