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QuizMultiple Choice

Short Story: "Rules of the Game" by Amy Tan

Question 10 • VA-English 10 CR

Read the excerpt below from the short story “Rules of the Game” by Amy Tan and answer the question that follows. In my head, I saw a chessboard with sixty-four black and white squares. Opposite me was my opponent, two angry black slits. She wore a triumphant smile. “Strongest wind cannot be seen,” she said. Her black men advanced across the plane, slowly marching to each successive level as a single unit. My white pieces screamed as they scurried and fell off the board one by one. As her men drew closer to my edge, I felt myself growing light. I rose up into the air and flew out the window. Higher and higher, above the alley, over the tops of tiled roofs, where I was gathered up by the wind and pushed up toward the night sky until everything below me disappeared and I was alone. I closed my eyes and pondered my next move. Who is the opponent in the narrator’s imaginary chess game?

Answer
A
Meimei Jong
B
Winston Jong
C
Lau Po
D
Lindo Jong