"The Rules of the Game" Part 1 Review Questions

Waverly Place Jong was named after...

• her grandmother

• the town her mom was born in

• the street they live on

• a cousin of her dad

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The Jong family lives in...

• the countryside

• Tai Pei, China

• the suburbs of New York City

• a bustling part of San Francisco

Waverly's mother taught her about...

• invisible strength and other life lessons

• how to speak English well

• how to be sweet all the time

• how different animals are cooked

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Where did Vincent get the chess set?

• the store

• at school

• a church Christmas party

• his parents

Their mom wanted them to throw away the chess set because...

• she didn't understand the rules

• it had been used; if it wasn't good enough for the old owner, it wasn't good enough for them

• the kids were fighting about it too much

• it reminded her of China

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Waverly's mom thinks immigrants need to work hard to learn how to fit in when they come to the U.S. because...

• she likes to be mean to people

• there are not a lot of differences from their old countries

• she had an easy time learning how to fit in

• no one helped her learn the rules

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Waverly learned about all the rules of chess first by...

• checking out books from the library

• playing with her dad

• watching a television show about it

• talking to friends at school

Waverly's brothers stopped playing her in chess because...

• they were too good to play her

• they did not know how

• she never lost to them anymore

• their mom would not let them

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Lau Po was an unofficial chess tutor who Waverly met...

• at a tournament

• in the park with a bunch of other old men

• at school through her teacher

• at church while she was supposed to be praying

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When Waverly began winning a lot at the park, her mother said it was because of...

• her mom's lessons

• Waverly's hard work

• Lau Po's teaching

• luck

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