J.L.C Quick Review

Which characters are connected because both their moms want them to be child prodigies?

• Rose Jordan and Waverly Jong

• Waverly Jong and Jing-Mei Woo

• Rose Jordan and Lindo Jong

• Jing-Mei Woo and Rose Jordan

True or False: Auntie Lindo is the aunt who escaped a marriage when she was very young.

• True

• False

Who is the character who wants to marry Rich and is trying to get her mother's approval?

• Rose Jordan

• Waverly Jong

• Jing-Mei Woo

• Lindo Jong

Which of the themes below does not belong for this book?

• courage and perseverance through struggle

• the challenging relationship between mothers and daughters

• technology has a large impact on society

• living between two cultures

Why does Ted become frustrated with Rose?

• He really appreciated her initially because she had her own opinions

• They haven't been spending enough time together

• She forgot to water the plants in the garden

• He wants to watch a show he likes for once

Why would Rose be nervous to tell her mom about getting a divorce from Ted?

• Her mom really likes Ted, so she doesn't want to hurt her feelings

• cultural expectations and stigma of divorce, her mom grew up differently from her

• getting a divorce is expensive

• Ted and Rose have a kid together, so they shouldn't separate

Why does Jing-Mei feel that she is a disappoint to her mother?

• She gets in fights with Waverly all the time

• she didn't become a piano prodigy and dropped out of school

• She got laid off from her job

• She isn't married and does not have kids yet

What do the 3 P's of literary analysis stand for?

• position, power, participate

• power, perspective, position

• presentation, power, position

• perspective, paraphrase, power

What does "position" refer in literary analysis?

• what chapter you are on in the text

• when a character tries to control another character

• when an author has a particular bias or is informed by an ideology

• the way that a text makes an experience of some people seem more valuable

What does "perspective" mean in literary analysis?

• analysis of how an author writes a text because they have a particular bias or are informed by a particular ideology

• analysis of how an another makes a particular group's experience more valuable than another

• analysis of a character's ability to control another character

• analysis of how the reader personally feels about the text