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Grudnow
Rules of the Game
The Gift of the Magi
Liberty
The Struggle to be an All-American Girl
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What mood describes the poem?
What is reminiscent.
100
Who is the protagonist?
What is MeiMei/ Waverly.
100
How does Della get a very small amount of money ($1.87)?
What is she saves all year.
100
Why does the narrator enjoy spending time with Liberty?
What is Liberty joins in on her adventure.
100
Where does the narrator and her brother go at 5pm everyday?
What is Chinese school.
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Who "color" describes the photograph?
What is sepia.
200
Who is the antagonist?
What is MeiMei's mother.
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What is Della's solution to her problem?
What is to sell her hair for money.
200
What does the narrator say she has learned that Liberty hasn't?
What is get out of Mami's way.
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What attitude does the narrator have towards the Chinese school?
What is unpleasant/ unfavorable.
300
Where does the town of Grudnow exist?
What is on the border of Poland and Russia.
300
How does MeiMei trick her mother into letting her play her first chess tournament?
What is she acts uninterested.
300
What does the "gray cat, on a gray fence, with a gray background" symbolize?
What is Della's sadness and the gloomy atmosphere.
300
What are the two strangers in the yard doing?
What is spying.
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How does the narrator describe the way the Chinese language sounds?
What is "public" "pedestrian"
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What does the narrator think will happen if she would have lived in Grudnow as a child.
What is she would have died.
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How is MeiMei's and her mother's relationship like a game of chess?
What is both try to anticipate each other's next move.
400
What do the watch and hair represent (one thing that they can both represent)?
What is pride.
400
Who gives the family the dog?
What is the American consul.
400
How does the narrator's brother treat her mother?
What is criticizes her speech.
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The grandfather in the story sips his tea through a cube of sugar. What does this represent?
What is the bitter times that now are sweet.
500
In what ways are MeiMei's and her mother victims of the generation gap?
What is MeiMei is accepting of American culture and her mother is very suspicious.
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The blurred name tag on Jim and Della's apartment symbolizes their what?
What is poverty.
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What is Papi's reason for naming the dog Liberty?
What is In honor of his goal of finding freedom in the US.
500
Is the narrator regretful that she pushed her heritage away? Explain.
What is yes. (Answers may vary).