Rules of the Game Part 1

'The Art of Invisible Strength' is

• a strategy taught to the narrator by her mother for winning arguments and chess games

• a strategy the narrator invents for herself

• the art of saying what you want

• a martial arts technique

Why is it that the narrator doesn't believe her family is poor?

• because they live in a large apartment

• because she has nice clothes

• because she has plenty to eat

• becayuse they live above a bakery

What is the best way to describe life in Chinatown for the narrator during her childhood ?

• depressing

• full of adventure and mystery

• boring

• pampered

Why is the reader given such detailed descriptions of life in Chinatown?

• to understand how different the narrator's background is to a regular American

• so we can get a taste of life of Chinese Americans

• to create an interesting setting for the story

• all answers are correct

Why does the narrator have two names?

• because it's common amongst Chinese

• because her parents loved her very much

• one for documents, and a familiar name used by her family

• because her first name is hard to pronounce

Why does Meimi ask her mother what Chinese torture is?

• because she's learned about it in school lessons

• in order to trick her mother into saying something silly

• because her mother knows a lot about everyone

• in order to stop being teased by boys at school

Where do the Jongs go to get the Christmas presents?

• to Waverley's school

• to the chess club

• to the First Chinese Baptist Church

• to a department store

Why does the narrator think Santa Claus is asking her a trick question when he asks her how old she is?

• because her mother has taught her to be suspicious of Americans

• because she's worried he doesn't want to give her a present

• because his costume doesn't look real

• because according to the Chinese or American calendar, she is two different ages

What gift does the narrator end up getting?

• a chess set

• a globe

• a coloring book

• Life Saver candies

The narrator's mother tells Vincent to throw the chess set away when they get home. This indicates that she is

• ungrateful

• proud

• ignorant

• dishonest