2. The grandmother imagines the baby in this parable to be ________________________.
(a) Empress of China
(b) Hwai dungsyi
(c) Buddah's granddaughter
(d) Syi Wang Mu

3. The grandmother admits that she ______________________________-.
(a) Knows she will live forever
(b) Taught her daughter to be free
(c) Taught her daughter to be suspicious
(d) Taught her daughter to shed her innocence

4. In the mirror, the mother sees ______________________________.
(a) Her daughter and husband happy
(b) A new armoire
(c) Her future grandchild's face
(d) Her future grandchild on her lap

5. How did Lena's eating problem manifest itself?
(a) She became anorexic
(b) Her mother's sack lunches made her sick
(c) Her hatred consumed her
(d) Her skin broke out like leprosy

Short Answer Questions

1. Ying-Ying feels that her daughter's home _________________________.

2. What does the jade pendant symbolize?

3. Waverly had to become ill before her mother would _____________________________-.

4. At lunch together, Waverly's mother _____________________________________.

5. An-Mei finds that in Tientsin, she has a __________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of a mother trying to impose her own values on her daughter's life?

2. The fact that June Woo's mother has searched for a lifetime for her two daughters, and then dies before she can see them again, is strongly ironic. How might the story have been different if she had lived to make the trip to China and reunited with her daughters?

3. Why did An-Mei feel she had no choice but to marry Wu Tsing?

4. What is the lesson the woman is trying to impart, and the question she is wanting to have answered?

5. It becomes more obvious in this chapter the kinds of adults that Jing-Mei and Waverly have grown into. Who is more likable?

6. Ying-Ying's story is vast and complex, and one that her daughter has never known or understood. Why, in this chapter, has she decided to tell Lena everything about her life?

7. In this chapter we learn the origin of Bing's name. What is it?

8. Is there a character in this story who might be represented in this parable?

9. Why does Lena have such a strange financial relationship with Harold?

10. Why is An-Mei's family so miserable?

(see the answer keys)

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