The Woman Warrior: No Name Woman – Flashcards
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Kingston's mother
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"You must not tell anyone...what I am about to tell you"
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She jumped in the well with her baby.... She was forgotten because she cheated on her husband.
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What happened to Kingston's aunt?
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America, Gold Mountain
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Where did the men in the Kingston's family sail to?
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white masks
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What did the villagers wear as they stormed in to Kingston's house while looking for her aunt?
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Pig. Ghost. Pig.
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What did an old woman scream as she ruined Kingston's house?
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sugar and oranges
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When the villagers left what did they take to bless themselves?
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in the pigsty
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Where did the aunt give birth?
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mother
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"You wouldn't like to be forgotten as if you had never been born. The villagers are watchful."
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when you try to understand what things in you are Chinese
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What are "Chinese-Americans"?
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Necessity
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What is a "riverbank that guides [the mother's] life"?
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In a commensal tradition, where food is precious, the powerful older people made wrongdoers eat alone.
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What was the "outcast table"?
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"taking a daughter-in-law"
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What is a synonym for marriage in Chinese?
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unhappiness
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When Kingston's aunt found a freckle on her chin, what did the almanac predestine her for?
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a lover
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What did Kingston's aunt dream of for the fifteen days of New Year's?
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1st reason= poverty 2nd reason= crowded house
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What was the first and second reason for the men to leave their homes for America?
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Adultery, perhaps only a mistake during good times, became a crime when the village needed food.
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When is adultery considered a mistake?
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Kingston's aunt's family
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"Aiaa, we're going to die. Death is coming. Look what you've done. You've killed us. Ghost! Dead ghost! Ghost! You've never been born."
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b/c old-fashioned women gave birth in their pigsties to fool the jealous, pain-dealing gods, who do not snatch piglets
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Why did Kingston's aunt give birth in a pigsty?
