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While You Read - Guided Reading Questions - answer the following questions:
1. What is a prodigy and why does the mother want the main character to become one?
Ans:Prodigy is a young person who is very talented or intelligent. She wants her daughter to become famous and rich. Also the mother believes that a person can be anything that wants in America.
2. How does the mother prepare her daughter for fame?
Ans:Every night after dinner her mother presents her new tests on different subject and tries to find her talent.
3. What talents does the girl have?
Ans:She has telent to make her mom happy.
4. Why does she start the piano lessons and how is the mother going to pay for them?
ANS: She started having piano lessons because her mother saw a TV show where a Chinese girl, about nine years old playing piano with Peter Pan haircut. She talked to Mr. Chong, a retired piano teacher and she made a contract with him that she will clean his house everyday if he teaches her daughter how to play piano
5. Describe the piano teacher.
Ans:He was a deaf. He lived on the first floor of Jing-Mei's apartment building. He was a retired piano teacher. He helped her lot to teach her how to play piano.
6. What do Auntie Lindo and Jing-Mei's mother have in common?
ANS: Auntie Lindo and Jing-Mei's mother have in common that both want their child to whatever they want.
7. In your own words, relate the events of the recital.
ANS:When she is going to play piano her parent’s invites many people to see are playing piano. She was very confident that she can play the piano. Her mother was very nervous that if her daughter made any mistake. At the end, a little boy says to his mother that it was terrible.
8. What does the author mean when she says, "I didn't have to do what my mother said anymore... This wasn't China"? page 97
Ans:The author means that she is not a little girl that someone else has to make the decisions for her. She had her own choice .She will make her own decision for herself.
9. What words does the author use to describe her mother's disappointment in her?
Ans:The author use ,quiet,silent and blank to describe her mother's disappointment in he
10. Why does Jing-mei come back to play the piano after her mother's death?
Ans:Because her mother wants her to play piano.Her mother believe that anyone can be anything in American so her mother's wish was to have a prodigy daughter.After her mom death she wants to do something that her mother wants her to do. She knew that her mother wants her to play piano at least once in her life.
1. What is a prodigy and why does the mother want the main character to become one?
Ans:Prodigy is a young person who is very talented or intelligent. She wants her daughter to become famous and rich. Also the mother believes that a person can be anything that wants in America.
2. How does the mother prepare her daughter for fame?
Ans:Every night after dinner her mother presents her new tests on different subject and tries to find her talent.
3. What talents does the girl have?
Ans:She has telent to make her mom happy.
4. Why does she start the piano lessons and how is the mother going to pay for them?
ANS: She started having piano lessons because her mother saw a TV show where a Chinese girl, about nine years old playing piano with Peter Pan haircut. She talked to Mr. Chong, a retired piano teacher and she made a contract with him that she will clean his house everyday if he teaches her daughter how to play piano
5. Describe the piano teacher.
Ans:He was a deaf. He lived on the first floor of Jing-Mei's apartment building. He was a retired piano teacher. He helped her lot to teach her how to play piano.
6. What do Auntie Lindo and Jing-Mei's mother have in common?
ANS: Auntie Lindo and Jing-Mei's mother have in common that both want their child to whatever they want.
7. In your own words, relate the events of the recital.
ANS:When she is going to play piano her parent’s invites many people to see are playing piano. She was very confident that she can play the piano. Her mother was very nervous that if her daughter made any mistake. At the end, a little boy says to his mother that it was terrible.
8. What does the author mean when she says, "I didn't have to do what my mother said anymore... This wasn't China"? page 97
Ans:The author means that she is not a little girl that someone else has to make the decisions for her. She had her own choice .She will make her own decision for herself.
9. What words does the author use to describe her mother's disappointment in her?
Ans:The author use ,quiet,silent and blank to describe her mother's disappointment in he
10. Why does Jing-mei come back to play the piano after her mother's death?
Ans:Because her mother wants her to play piano.Her mother believe that anyone can be anything in American so her mother's wish was to have a prodigy daughter.After her mom death she wants to do something that her mother wants her to do. She knew that her mother wants her to play piano at least once in her life.
