Vocabulary
spellbinding or fascinating
What is mesmerizing?
Daughters who obey and daughters who follow their own minds.
What are two kinds?
When someone's eye fill up with tears.
What is flooded?
strong willed
What is a character trait to describe Jing-mei?
the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way
What is motivation?
clashing; not harmonious
What is discordant?
You can be anything you want to be in America.
What does Jing-mei's mother say to Jing-mei about living in America?
When someone lops off gum from out of their hair
What is cut?
Jing-mei daydreams about people jumping to their feet and rushing onto the stage.
What is something Jing-mei does that shows she doesn't understand her abilities?
to shock her mother
Why did Jing-mei mention the dead babies?
a child of highly unusual talent or genius
What is a prodigy?
Mother expected Jing-mei to be a prodigy.
What is something Mother felt would show success?
When someone whines about doing chores
What is complain?
Jing-mei must resist her mother's efforts to make her a prodigy.
What does Jing-mei realize when she sees her "prodigy side?"
America is the land of opportunity
What motivated Mother to have ambitions for her daughter?
a total failure
What is a fiasco?
Aunt Lindo said her own daughter has won many trophies.
How does Aunt Lindo pressure Jing-Mei's mother?
If I wasted time getting my chores done
What is dawdled?
Jing-mei needs to be appreciated for who she is.
What is the conflict between Jing-mei and her mother?
Jing-mei resents the pressure from her mother
What made Jing-mei not work as hard at her piano lessons?
without energy or interest
What is feeling listlessly?
She left behind everything she loved including her family and home.
Why was Mother's life in China so hard?
When a character has a struggle or problem in the story
What is a conflict?
Jing-mei mentions the dead twin girls
When did Mother immediately give up her goals for her daughter?
Jing-mei practices her curtsy rather than her playing
What does the Jing-mei do to prepare for the talent show?