WorksheetsRules of the Game - Waverly & The Voice From the Wall - Lena
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Rules of the Game:
What was “the art of invisible strength” that Waverly’s mother taught her?
It was a special strength that comes from angels.
It was the strength that comes from lifting weights.
It was a strategy for winning arguments and gaining respect from others.
It was a way of never losing even one chess tournament.
Rules of the Game:
How did Waverly’s mother demonstrate the art of invisible strength?
She gave Waverly a gift of salted plums precisely because she kept quiet
and didn’t request them.
She ignored Waverly and never praised her.
She showed Waverly how muscular her body was getting.
She remained silent for seven days straight.
Rules of the Game:
How did Waverly learn to play expert chess?
She took classes through a kind of community center.
In the beginning she taught herself and then she played with Lau Po.
Her brother Winston taught her.
Her mother taught her.
Rules of the Game:
What would Waverly’s mother say when she attended Waverly’s chess exhibition games
outdoors?
“Is my daughter the chess master.”
“Is funny game.”
“Is luck.”
“Chess is so silly.”
Rules of the Game:
Why did Waverly run away?
She ran away because her mother was embarrassing her and showing off.
She was tired of being made to play in chess tournaments.
She had told her mother that the next time she didn’t get her own way, she would
run away.
She felt that her skills as a great chess player weren’t being appreciated
properly.
Rules of the Game:
How did Waverly’s mother treat her when she returned home after running away?
She was totally apologetic and gave Waverly anything she wanted.
She talked with Waverly about solving her problems.
She promised not to cause any more problems for Waverly.
She treated her as though she didn’t exist.
Rules of the Game:
What was Waverly’s mother’s view of “rules”?
She believed that people from foreign countries must learn the American
“rules.”
She believed that the rules were a way of tricking foreigners into making
mistakes.
She believed that rules were made to be broken.
She believed that rules applied to grownups but not to children.
Rules of the Game:
At the end of the story, who is Waverly’s imaginary chess opponent?
Lau Po
Her brother Winston
Her father
Her mother
The Voice from the Wall:
What does the dead beggar say when he returns?
I wish I had not gone away.
The worst is on the other side.
I have come back for revenge.
I never was a good person before.
The Voice from the Wall:
How did the American immigration authorities categorize Lena’s mother?
as a “displaced person.”
as a troublesome foreigner
as an Asian of unknown origin
as a female Oriental
The Voice from the Wall:
Why does Lena want to know “the worst possible thing that can happen” to her?
so that she can avoid it
so that she can be frightened once and for all
so that she can understand her life better
so that she can know as many bad things as her mother does
The Voice from the Wall:
Why did Lena start telling lies?
She started telling lies in order to get her own way.
She started telling lies to prevent bad things from happening in the future.
She started telling lies to make additional money.
She started telling lies to get the best of her mother.
The Voice from the Wall:
What was Lena’s great hope when the family moved out of Oakland?
She hoped that she would become famous.
She hoped that her mother would leave.
She hoped that her father would get medical help for her mother.
She hoped that she might be able to leave all the old fears behind.
The Voice from the Wall:
What did Lena hear through the wall of the new apartment?
the sound of mice running around
the mother and daughter next door arguing
the woman next door reciting poetry in Chinese
the mother and father next door talking to each other
The Voice from the Wall:
Why did the girl from next door leave her own apartment?
because she was tired of having to stay inside
because her mother kicked her out
because she wanted to get out to see her boyfriend
because she was curious about how Lena and her family lived
The Voice from the Wall:
How did the girl from next door get out of Lena’s bedroom?
She climbed out onto the fire escape and back into her own apartment.
She climbed out onto a very tall tree.
She just went downstairs and out the front door.
She jumped out of a window onto a soft awning below.
The Voice from the Wall:
What happened later that night after the girl and her mother had argued?
The girl and her mother cried and laughed and shouted with love.
The mother had the girl taken away by the police.
The mother came over to talk to Lena.
The mother called to ask Lena if she had seen her daughter.
The Voice from the Wall:
What hope did Lena have after watching the girl next door with her mother?
She hoped that she and her mother could get to know the people next
door.
She hoped that her father would allow her to have a boyfriend too.
She hoped that the girl would visit her again soon.
She hoped that things could be better than they appeared.
