The Joy Luck Club
Across
- 3. Jing-mei's mother was insistent on her becoming this.
- 4. speechless
- 6. scampered; go quickly with light steps
- 7. a light two-wheeled hooded vehicle drawn by one or more people
- 9. An-mei's mother's personal servant
- 13. arrogant; presumptuous; insulting
- 14. respect for ancestors, elders, and family
- 15. secondary wives
- 16. very infectious; incurable; fatal; dangerous
- 17. grow; encourage; promote
- 19. money or property brought by a bride's family to her husband
- 21. of substandard quality
- 22. thin layer of tissue
- 26. Chinese word for confusion
- 27. An-mei's mother's husband who had four concubines.
Down
- 1. done with force or energy
- 2. intestines; guts
- 5. allowing some light to pass through
- 8. The city Suyuan lived in until it was taken over by the Japanese.
- 10. the game that Waverly Jong excelled at
- 11. completely in agreement
- 12. This meat was used as a way to portray respect towards guests and elders in your house.
- 18. serious
- 20. swelled up
- 23. Rose Hsu's brother who drowned.
- 24. traitor; disrespect for elders and ancestors
- 25. Jing-mei's mother
- 28. the city where the mothers and their Chinese-American daughters formed the Joy Luck Club.