Literary Devices
Jing-Mei & Suyuan Woo
An-Mei & Rose Hsu
Lindo & Waverly Jong
Ying-Ying & Lena St. Claire
100
An-Mei in "Scar"
What is a main character/protagonist?
100
The place to which Suyuan escaped.
What is Kwelin?
100
Popo.
Who is An-Mei's grandmother?
100
The symbol of Lindo's marriage.
What is the red candle?
100
The person whom Ying-Ying meets as a child... kind of.
Who is the Moon Lady?
200
Another name for the sequence of events in a story.
What is the plot?
200
2 daughters
What did Suyuan leave behind in China?
200
To cure Popo.
Why does An-Mei's mother cut a piece of her arm and put it into soup?
200
The man who teaches Waverly to play chess.
Who is Lau Po?
200
The food that Lena does not eat and Arnold does not know that she eats.
What is ice cream?
300
The American adaptation of Chinese traditions in "American Translation."
What is a theme?
300
Piano.
What was Jing-Mei's hidden talent that Suyuan wanted her to develop? OR What did Suyuan gift to Jing-Mei on her 30th birthday?
300
The person to whom An-Mei says, "It is shou so deep it is in your bones."
Who is herself? OR Who is the reader?
300
The situation for which "This girl not have concerning for us. We not concerning this girl."
What is Waverly's return after her fight with her mother about her mother's pride in her?
300
Each grain predicts an ugly feature of her future husband.
What does Ying-Ying tell Lena about not finishing her rice?
400
The strongest wind is is silent and blows from all directions in "Rules of the Game" and "Four Directions."
What is the moral/lesson?
400
The situation of "I'll never be more than what I am."
What is Suyuan's pushing Jing-Mei to become a genius at something?
400
FREE POINTS! :-D
FREE POINTS! :-D
400
The worst thing that Rich did at dinner.
What was pouring soy sauce on Lindo's cooking and therefore insulted it?
400
A vase has broken.
Why does Ying-Ying ask her daughter, "Then why don't you do anything to stop it?"
500
China, 1918.
What is the setting of "An-Mei Hsu: Scar"?
500
The songs that Jing-Mei plays at her recital and as an adult.
What are "Pleading Child" and "Perfectly Contented"?
500
The two halves of life according to Rose.
What are fate and inattention?
500
The situation of the idea of "moving west to reach the east."
What is Waverly imagining Lindo joining her and Rich on their honeymoon to China?
500
The difference Ying-Ying wants between her life and her daughter's life.
What is freedom to be herself?
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