Plot 1
Who was easy to trick because he couldn't see or hear very well?
Old Chong
Who said that the "two kinds" are daughters who obey and daughters who do not?
Jing-Mei's mother
What word means total failure?
fiasco
What word means failure to fulfill another's hopes?
betrayal
What figurative language is this passage? "My mother believed you could be anything you wanted to be in America."
alliteration; allusion
Who lost her home and family in China?
Jing-Mei's mother
Who drops out of college?
Jing-mei
What word means heartbroken?
stricken
What word means said with regret or sorrow?
lamented
What kind of sentence is this passage? "We didn't immediately pick the right kind of prodigy."
simple
When her mother offers to give her the piano, who refuses the gift but is pleased that her mother offered it?
the adult Jing-mei
Why does Jing-mei NOT apply herself to her piano lessons?
She resents the pressure from her mother.
What word means clashing or not in harmony?
discordant
What word means without interest or concern or indifferently?
nonchalantly
What kind of sentence is this passage? "As soon as she sat down, Ed would go silent again."
complex
How does Jing-mei's mother feel after her daughter's performance?
devastated
What word would describe Jing-mei?
strong-willed
What word means wasted time or lingered?
dawdled
What word means without energy or interest?
listlessly
What figurative language is this passage? "And then one day my mother was watching The Ed Sullivan Show on TV."
allusion; alliteration
what belief of Jing-mei's mother motivated her to have high ambitions for her daughter?
America is the land of opportunity.
She likes the idea and thinks it might make her parents love her.
What word means child of highly unusual talent or genius?
prodigy
What word means spellbinding or fascinating?
mesmerizing
What kind of sentence is this passage? "After I had the piano tuned, I opened the lid, and I touched the keys."
compound/complex