The Woman Warrior: A Song for the Barbarian Reed Pipe
The Chinese say " a ready tongue is __ ____"
An evil
What did C.M.'s house smell of?
Camphoraceous
When was K's silence the thickest?
During the three years that she covered her school paintings with black paint
According to K's grandmother, their family immune to harm as long as they do what?
as long as they went to plays
Why was it considered bad luck when Kingston raised dust swirls sweeping around and under the FOB's chair?
b/c spirits live inside the broom
What the pitcher say to the Chinese-Americans during PE?
"Automatic walk" "easy out"
What did K's father mutter when customers nagged him about missing socks?
"Dog vomit"
What English word could K not understand? Why?
"I" because Chinese I had 7 stokes
When a woman disappeared and reappeared after an absence, people whispered?
"Napa" "Agnew"
What do they say affectionately, mostly to boys?
"dog"
What do they say for girls and only in an angry voice?
"pig" "stink pig"
At the beginning of the second Communist five-year plan, what did her parents buy?
A car
What did one of the ladies call K's voice?
A pressed-duck voice
What was "had eaten moon cakes or long noodles for long life" considered?
A pun
What was the quiet girl's cry like?
A seal
What does a big black mole represent?
A sign of fortune ; the black mole pulls you forward with its power; a mole at the back of your head pulls you back
What was she making with the black paint?
A stage curtain
What takes up a day's courage for K?
A telephone call
Why did she like the Negro students the best?
B/c they they laughed the loudest and talked to her as if she was a daring talker too
What was the religion of Crazy Mary's family?
Christian converts
What did K discover in first grade?
Eye control
What did Chinese kids call their fathers instead of by their names?
Father of me
What is the word for eclipse?
Frog-swallowing-the-moon
What occupation did K's father have?
Gambler
What was the Revolution in China against?
Girl slavery and girl infanticide
What is Hao Chi Kuei?
Good foundation ghosts
What is two mountainous ideographs?
Here
"God's you avoid won't ____ ____"
Hurt you
If K had lived in China she would have been an outlaw________.
Knot-maker
What did K tell her Hawaiian teacher "We Chinese can't sing ____ _____ ___ ______ ____
Land where our fathers died
What did an old man call the girls in the family ?
Maggots
Did K's aunt ever talk to her "husband" when he took her out to lunch?
No
What did the Chinese druggists usually give beggars?
Raisins
What did Crazy Mary often have on her face?
Rice
Who was Pee-A-Nah?
She was the village idiot
Why did K's mother cut her tongue?
So K would not be tongue- tied
What made the difference between sanity and insanity?
Talking and not talking; insane people were the ones who couldn't explain themselves
What did the cymbals clashing sound like?
The dragon's copper laugh
How did the Chinese know that the ghosts have no sense of shame or privacy?
The stalls were open and the toilets had no lidd
What is a lesson in good manners?
Traditions
What did K's mother buy the girls of the old man?
Typewriter
What type of nightmares did she gave?
Vampire
When did K become silent?
When she had to speak English for the first time
According to her mother, what ties Kingston to the person she is going to marry?
a red string tied around her ankle
What was the first thing she killed?(this is the first secret she told her mother)
a spider
What did she tell her mother on the fifth night?
about the white horse
What did the Chinese smear bad daughters-in-law with?
honey and tied them naked on top of ant nests
What was in the two cartons?
pornography
What did she tell her mother the second night?
she talked about how she had hinted to a ghost girl that she wished she had a doll of her own until she gave her a head and body to glue together
What do the Chinese like to say?
the opposite
Who is Ts'ai Yung?
the scholar famous for his library
"Learn to ____ if you want to be an American girl."
type
What do Bamboo nodes obstruct?
water
What is a bad, mournful color?
white
What is "dustpan-and-broom" a synonym for?
wife
