The Mothers
Why was An-Mei Hsu’s mother considered a ghost?
She was forbidden from being mentioned by her family, so they could forget her.
What character heard the voices from the wall?
Who is Lena St. Clair?
What happens with Jin-Mei’s job working for Waverly’s firm at the crab party?
Jin-Mei gets fired in the middle of the party.
What is the significance of the Red Candle?
The Red Candle symbolized a lasting marriage in the family.
How did Ying Ying St.claire fall into the water?
She got by the fireworks and fell into the river.
What does Jin-Mei realize about what part of her makes her forever Chinese?
Her family/her blood
How different is An-Mei’s life after moving from before she had moved?
She had become spoiled and had everything she wanted given to her.
Who taught Jing-Mei how to play piano?
Who is Mr Chong?
How does Waverly’s mother feel about her previous and new husbands?
She's passive aggressively disappointed towards them both.
Whose father made all the decisions?
Rose Hsu Jordan's father
How did the mother “Suyan Woo” pass away?
She had passed away from a brain aneurysm
Why did Rose used to believe everything her mother told her?
She was a child and her mother gave her supernatural explanations to everything.
Where did An-Mei and her mother go to live?
They went to go live at a mansion as one of the owners many wives.
What is Jing-Mei’s Life's Importance from her mother?
The pendant she gave her
How did Waverly learn how to play chess?
She practiced with an old man on the street who was an experienced chess player every day.
What do Suyuan Woo's daughters not know that Jin-Mei is scared to tell them when she arrives to meet them and what does she and Auntie Lindo agree on doing to tell them the news?
They don't know about their biological mother's death and so Jin-Mei and Auntie Lindo agree to write a heartfelt letter to them about it.
Why does Lindo’s daughter believe both her and her mom are two faced?
Both of them have crooked noses that make them look like their faces are split in half.
How did Suyuan Woo’s original daughters survive being abandoned on the road from Kweilin, who rescued them?
An old peasant woman found and raised them with her husband
Why did Ying-Ying let Saint marry her?
She wanted to have a daughter who could have a life without the struggles she faced in her own.
Who believes their mother can see things before they happen?
Who is Lena St. Clair?