Rules of the Game
The main character of the story.
Who is Waverly?
The instrument Jing-Mei learned.
What is the piano?
The town where Friday Night Lights takes place.
What is Odessa, Texas?
The author of Friday Night Lights.
Who is Buzz Bissinger?
protection of or authority over someone or something; guardianship.
What is tutelage?
It was a gift that Waverly's brother received for Christmas.
What is a used chess set?
This young American actor was incredibly popular as a child prodigy due to songs such as "Animal Crackers in my Soup."
Who is Shirley Temple?
This high school in the story Friday Night Lights.
Permian High School
The author of Joy Luck Club.
Who is Amy Tan?
showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise
What is meticulous?
We learn in Two Kinds that this is the name of Waverly's mom.
What is Lindo?
Jing-Mei's mom believed this about America.
What is being anything you want to be.
The quarterback of the high school football team.
Who is Mike Winchell?
The number of football players on a field for one team at a time.
What is eleven?
shriveled or wrinkled with age.
What is wizened?
What is the art of invisible strength?
This characteristic made the piano teacher in Two Kinds an interesting music instructor.
What is being deaf?
The amount of people that would show up to Friday Night football games.
What is 20,000 fans?
This act was the first immigration law excluding an entire ethnic group, preventing Chinese laborers from immigrating to the United States.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?
perfectly clean, neat, or tidy.
What is immaculate?
This important familial relationship is explored throughout the story.
What is mother and daughter?
The setting of the story.
What is San Francisco's China Town?
The reason why so many football players feel sad when they return to the high school.
What is never being as successful as they were in high school? (can be phrased differently)
The name of a type of Chinese Chess.
What is Xiangqui?
keep a thought or feeling (negative) in one's mind, especially a secret.
What is harbored?