Anya's Game
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(A living room. PAPA, soated, roads a book His daughter,
ANYA, onters, dropping her bookpook to the floor.
Startlod, PAPA looks up.]
ANYA:
[Frowning, throws hor arms up/Papa, I have such a
colossal amount of stress! I'm so worried that I can't
think I don't have my class presentation ready, and it's
due tomorrow! I need to tell about a game that was
played before there wore electronic games. It can't be
about a sport, and I don't want to write about
something boring. I want my presentation to be
extraordinary! But I haven't found the right game yot.
PAPA:
(Kindly amused) Well now, when I was growing up in
India, some of the games we played have been played
for thousands of years. We had a lot of fun.
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Review the underlined stage directions on
page 4. What is the MOST LIKELY reason the
author included them?
to provide historical details about the lives of
Indian children
to show why chain was such a popular game
in India
to explain why the memories of his Indian
culture are important to Papa
to suggest that it is common for Papa to get
lost in his memories of India
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