Explore the emotional journey of Jing-mei in 'A Pair of Tickets' as she reconnects with her Chinese heritage and meets her half-sisters in Shanghai. This quiz assesses understanding of character motivations and cultural identity.
They learned that their mother was dead when Auntie Lindo wrote a letter to them as Jing-mei asked her to do.
Somehow they just knew.
Jing-mei phoned them weeks before her visit to China.
Jing-mei’s father secretly wrote to them so that they wouldn’t have false expectations.
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Because she tired of carrying them
Because they wouldn’t have been Chinese if she had brought them to America with her
Because she thought she was going to die and didn’t want them to die with her
Because she traded them for a lot of money
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Because she is becoming Chinese
Because she can no longer speak the dialect of the region she is in
Because her mother always talked about crossing that border
Because the air is somewhat lighter in Shenzhen
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She is meeting them in Shanghai.
She is meeting them in Oakland.
She is meeting them in Canton.
She is meeting them in Kweilin.
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True
False
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"Wonderful Mother” and “Honorable Adversary”
“Good Wife” and “Nagging Woman”
“Beautiful One” and “Light of My Life”
“Long Cherished Wish” and “Long-Held Grudge
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“Just pure essence” and “younger sister
“Sweet person” and “Loyal follower”
“Loved relation” and “Beautiful dreamer”
“Her Mother’s Wish” and “Difficult Child”
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From her father
From her mother’s journals
From Auntie Lindo
From the half-sisters themselves
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True
False
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