Figurative Langauge
Chinese Culture
Waverly Jong
Lindo Jong
Events
100

She says "[S]he says these sneaky things, smoke bombs and little barbs"


Who is Waverly?

100
Lindo is described as being obstinate and blunt and tactless because of this sign of the year that she's born in

What is horse?

100

Waverly has been married this amount of times after she marries Rich

What is two?

100

Lindo dislikes this facial feature that she and her daughter share

What is a crooked nose?

100

Waverly is nervous to inform her mother about this upcoming event in her life.

What is her marriage to Rich?

200

She says "How can she think she can blend in? Only her skin and her hair are Chinese, inside she is all American made."

Who is Lindo?

200

Waverly is described as being sensitive, thin-skinned and skittery because of this sign of the year she was born in

What is rabbit?

200

Waverly sees her relationship with her mother as ___

What is an ongoing war?

200

This is a parallel to Waverly visiting China

What is Lindo moving to America?

200

The location of Waverly and Rich's planned honeymoon?

What is China?

300

"She sucks them outside in to look like a starved person." to describe ___

Who is Waverly?

300

This term is what Rich violated when he criticized the cooking when he went to Waverly's family gathering

What is proper dinner etiquette in Chinese customs?

300

The year Waverly was born in

What is 1951?

300

Lindo's opinion on the coat that Rich gave Waverly

What is a bad gift?

300

This is where Waverly and her mother face a microaggression

What is the hair salon?

400

Waverly says that her and her mother's nose connects them and makes them both ___ and ___

What is devious and two-faced?
400

Lindo said that this is the difference between Chinese and American thinking

What is thinking if you can change your circumstances?

400

Waverly's attitude toward the hairstylist

What is sarcastic?

400

According to Lindo's doctors, she has the blood pressure of a ___

What is a sixteen-year-old?

400

This is where Waverly realizes that she never truly understood her mother

What is Lindo's House?

500

This item symbolized Lindo's transition to becoming an American citizen

What are fortune cookies?

500

This symbol in Double Face is actually not originally from China

What are fortune cookies?

500

According to Lindo, her daughter is ___

What is ashamed of her mother?

500

According to Waverly, her mother is ___

What is never pleased?

500

The amount of times Waverly attempts to inform her mother of her upcoming marriage in the story

What is four times?