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Angel Island
Foot Binding
Beautiful Girls
Zodiac
Paper Sons
100
Why it was hard for Chinese to be examined (especially women)
What is Chinese honor and dignity
100
The people who practice foot binding (class)
What is the wealthy
100
The two "beautiful girls" that the novel centers around.
Who are Pearl and May
100
The definition of the Zodiac and what it tells
What is a calendar system that, based on birth years, that tells about a person's personality.
100
What 'Paper Sons' were
What is a fake son or daughter who became the child of a merchant on paper in order to come to America
200
Length of time that inmates were at Angel Island.
What is days to months
200
The reason that foot binding came about
an emperor saw a girl dancing and she had very small, dainty feet and he wanted more women to have the small feet.
200
The use of the "beautiful girl" pictures
What are calendars
200
The years of the Ox and Rat
What is 1997 and 1996
200
The reasons for paper sons
What is poor workers in China who want a better life in America pay wealthier people who have "paper slots" that need to be filled
300
The location of Angel Island
What is San Francisco Bay
300
The name of the shoes worn by people with foot bindings
What are lotus shoes
300
The city where Pearl and May are beautiful girls
What is Shanghai
300
Do the Chinese people still follow the Zodiac today?
Some do, but not nearly as strongly as the 19th and 20th centuries
300
The person in "Shanghai Girls" who was a paper son
Who is Sam
400
This is the material that the beds were made out of.
What is wire mesh
400
The process of binding feet
What is wrapping the foot so that the toes bend around and give the appearance of smaller feet.
400
the name of the artist mentioned in the book
Who is ZG
400
Pearl and May's Zodiac signs
What are dragon and sheep.
400
The dangers of being a paper son
What is if discovered, the "paper sons" could be imprisoned or, more often then not, deported back to China.
500
The diseases that were checked for on Angel Island.
What are Hookworm and Liver Fluke.
500
The age range of when the foot binding was started,
What is 5-12 years old
500
How beautiful girls are treated differently outside of China
What is they are seen as the same as all other Asians. There was a lot of racism in America toward Chinese and Japanese people.
500
The theme the Chinese Zodiac played in the novel
What is it helped guide May and Pearl through their struggles