Chinese Cinderella

Question 1

Plot

Answer 1

• Girl attending boarding school in china dreads going home
• when her chauffeur comes to pick her up she wonders who has died.

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It turns out no one has died but instead her father wants to see her in his office.

• She is shocked and nervous. He is proud of her for winning a writing comp cuz it makes him look good.
• She asks if she can go to boarding school in england.
• He says yes and she’s like yay can i be a writer and he’s like no u be a doctor and she’s like kk.

Question 2

‘leaving school throbbed at the back of my mind like a persistent toothache’

Answer 2

simile
shows she doesn’t have a good home life and dreads returning there
shows the contrary to normal school children’s lives because normally kids hate going to school

Question 3

‘i ran downstairs as in a nightmare, wondering who had died this time’

Answer 3

shows she rarely goes home and has a bad home life, associates going home with tragedy

Similie

Question 4

‘Holy of Holies- a place to which i had never been invited.’

Answer 4

presents her dad as a god-like figure
suggest she fears him
is rejected by him because she’s not even allowed in his room without an invitation

Question 5

‘Is it possible? Am i dreaming? Me, the winner?’

Answer 5

tricolon
rhetorical questions
shows she doubts herself

Question 6

‘How should I know’

‘Don’t you know anything’

Answer 6

Even the cheshffer is rude to her

She goes home so little that she forgot they moved house

Question 7

I wondered why he was being so nice

Answer 7

Frightened of her own father

Question 8

I as white pleased to tell him you are my daughter

Answer 8

Never proud

Makes him loook good

Question 9

Perhaps I was the only one determine enough to enter

Answer 9

Modest

Question 10

Going to England is like entering heaven

Answer 10

Similie

Getting as far away from her father and family as possible

Question 11

Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive

Answer 11

Alluded to Wordsworth shows she loved literature and is very intelligent as she is only 14

Question 12

How does yen mah present her relationship with her fam para 1

Answer 12

She prefers being at school than at home

• thought of leaving school throbbed at the back of my mind like a persistent toothache
• during the short ride home my heart was full of dread

Question 13

How does yen mah present her relationship with her fam para 2

Answer 13

Has limited communication with her fam, treated a stranger and not respected

• I ran downstairs as in a nightmare wondering who had died this time
• how should I know and don’t you know anything

Question 14

How does yen mah present her relationship with her fam para 3

Answer 14

She is frightened of her father and they have a very detached and formal relationship

• holy of Holies
• dare I let my guard down?

Question 15

How does yen mah present her relationship with her fam para 4

Answer 15

Her father is more concerned with his reputation than her happiness which suggests ungenuine love

• I was quite pleased to tell him you are my daughter
• for once he was proud of me

Question 16

What impression does the reader get of Yen mahs character para 1

Answer 16

Yeh mah appears to be a timid character who is fearful of her father

• holy of holies
• dare I let my guard down

Question 17

What impression does the reader get of Yen mahs character para 2

Answer 17

She appears to be a highly intelligent character who is passionate about the study of literature and who wishes to gain further educational opportunities

• bliss was it in that dawn to be alive
• going to England is like entering heaven

Question 18

What impression does the reader get of Yen mahs character para 3

Answer 18

Very modest

• is it possible? Am I dreaming? Me, the winner?
• the rules and regulations were so very complicated

Question 19

What impression does the reader get of Yen mahs character para 4

Answer 19

Doesn’t get on well with her fam

• persistent toothache
• I ran downstairs as in a nightmare, wondering who had died this time