Part A

Question

What is a key theme of "Rules of the Game"?

Responses

The children of immigrants often feel torn between two cultures.
The children of immigrants often feel torn between two cultures.

Nothing matters more than hard work.
Nothing matters more than hard work.

Young people are naturally carefree and unafraid of taking risks.
Young people are naturally carefree and unafraid of taking risks.

Modern urban life isolates people.

Part B - Points depend on a correct response in Part A.

What is one way that Amy Tan develops the theme identified in Part A?

Responses

She includes details about how, at the Christmas party, one girl got a coloring book while another received a bottle of lavender water.
She includes details about how, at the Christmas party, one girl got a coloring book while another received a bottle of lavender water.

She shows Waverly winning a trophy in her very first chess tournament.
She shows Waverly winning a trophy in her very first chess tournament.

She describes how Waverly's superior chess skills require her brothers to do her share of the household chores.
She describes how Waverly's superior chess skills require her brothers to do her share of the household chores.

She sets the story in Chinatown, a place where Chinese and American cultures come into contact with each other.

Answer 1

Part A

The key theme of "Rules of the Game" is:

The children of immigrants often feel torn between two cultures.

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Part B

One way that Amy Tan develops the theme identified in Part A is:

She sets the story in Chinatown, a place where Chinese and American cultures come into contact with each other.