The Joy Luck Club

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