Part A

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



A. Modern urban life isolates people.


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


C. Nothing matters more than hard work.


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




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



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


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



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



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