Lindo Jong: The Red Candle

Why does Lindo Jong explain that it is important that gold be 24 carats instead of 14 carats?

• Because she is greedy.

• Because she knows her worth.

• Because 24 carat gold is pure inside and outside.

• Because she thinks her granddaughter will forget her if she only has 14 carat gold.

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What is Lindo worried her daughter Waverly doesn't understand?

• The importance of a promise.

• How to determine if gold is real or not.

• What true love is.

• How to be an obedient wife.

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What is the conflict in the story?

• Lindo Jong must figure out how to be a good wife.

• Lindo Jong must figure out how to stay true to herself while continuing to honor her family by committing to an arranged marriage.

• Lindo Jong's family's home is destroyed by a flood.

• Lindo Jong doesn't love her husband.

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What is Tyan-yu like when he is a child?

• Gracious and generous.

• Sad and mopey.

• Hardworking and smart.

• Spoiled and rude.

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When does Lindo move in with the Huang family?

• After a rainstorm causes the Fen river to flood.

• When the matchmaker sets up her and Tyan-yu.

• After Tyan-yu's dad dies.

• When her own parents grow tired of having her in their house.

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How is Lindo Jong treated Huang Taitai?

• With love and respect, cherished as if she were her own daughter.

• Poorly, like a servant.

• Like a pariah, she refuses to even look at Lindo.

• Delicately, forcing her to get heaps of rest in an attempt to cure Lindo of missing her family.

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What does Huang Taitai tell Lindo when she turns 16?

• That she is doing a great job in wifely duties.

• That Tyan-yu wants to end the marriage.

• That she should go back home to her original family.

• That she is ready to welcome a grandson to their family.

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What goes wrong on Lindo and Tyan-yu's wedding day?

• It rains, which is considered bad luck.

• The Japanese army invades.

• It happens on the 15th day of the 8th moon, which is bad luck.

• People think the thunder is the sound of Japanese bombs.

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What promise does Lindo make to herself on her wedding day?

• To love Tyan-yu for the rest of her life.

• To be an obedient wife.

• To always remember her parents' wishes, but to never forget herself.

• To blow out the red candle and stop the marriage.

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What was the red candle's significance and what was supposed to happen to it?

• It symbolized happiness and Lindo and Tyan-yu were supposed to light it if they had marriage troubles.

• It symbolized Lindo's marriage and bond to Tyan-yu, and it was supposed to be lit at both ends and kept burning all night long.

• It symbolized her fears, and it was supposed to make her keep trying to please Tyan-yu.

• It symbolized good fortune and was to be placed in a visible place in their home.

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