The Joy Luck Club

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