The Joy Luck Club

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