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The Mothers
the Daughters
Vocabulary
Family Business
Customs
100
This woman left two babies on the side of the road while leaving China.
Who is Suyuan Woo?
100
This girl entered the Joy Luck Club after her mother died of a cerebral aneurysm.
Who is Jing-mei Woo?
100
A two-wheeled vehicle pulled by a person is called this.
What is a rickshaw?
100
This lady is An-mei's grandmother.
Who is Popo?
100
The Moon Lady will grant your innermost one of these on the day of the Moon Festival.
What is a secret wish?
200
This woman aborted her son.
Who is Ying-ying St. Clair
200
This girl decided to stop playing chess to hurt her mother by going against her wishes.
Who is Waverly Jong?
200
This word means mourning through a long, sorrowful cry.
What is wailing?
200
This woman became Lindo's mother-in-law after her arranged marriage took place.
Who is Huang Taitai?
200
This was the color of the candle at Lindo's wedding.
What is red?
300
This woman used her daughter's chess playing skills to show off wherever they went together.
Who is Lindo Jong
300
This daughter, to her mother's disappointment, dropped out of college.
Who is Jing-mei Woo?
300
These are flowers with pink, red, or white blossoms.
What are peonies?
300
Suyuan Woo was married to one of these.
What is a Chinese Army Officer?
300
This is the typical number of courses in a meal in China.
What is five?
400
This woman wanted her daughter to become a piano prodigy.
Who is Suyuan Woo?
400
This girl's little brother drowned during her childhood.
Who is Rose Hsu Jordan?
400
This is a word for "mourned for."
What is lamented?
400
Jing-mei Woo goes on a journey to China to find these.
What are her two long-lost sisters?
400
As one of these, Lindo was expected to follow her mother-in-law's example.
What is a bride?
500
This woman got a massive scar on her neck from a burn.
Who is An-mei Hsu?
500
This girl's mother threw a shoe at her!
Who is Waverly Jong?
500
This word is an adjective meaning to be strong, active, or robust.
What is vigorously?
500
Waverly Jong's brothers gave up on this when she began defeating them at it.
What is chess?
500
Ying-ying spent this ceremony on a boat with her family.
What is the Moon Festival?