Questions:
1.What Chinese ways or habits does Mrs.Pang still keep?
2.What American ways has Mrs.Pang adopted?
3.Why has Mrs.Pang "managed not to learn English"?
4.Why does Mrs.Pang watch so much TV even though she hardly understands what she watches?
5.Does Mrs.Pang consider herself American? What proof can be found in the story?
6.What are the things Mrs.Pang can’t understand about her children?Why?
7.Does Mrs.Pang still love her "Americanized" children? If yes,what examples of such love can be found in the story?
8.Does Ah-Vee have any Chinese ways or habits?
9.What’s Ah-Vee’s attitude toward being Chinese? Exemplify.
10.Does Ah-Vee prefer white girls to Chinese girls in a romantic relationship? Why?
11.Does Ah-Vee sometimes find himself annoyed by Mrs.Pang?Why?
12.Does Ah-Vee love Mrs.Pang? Are there moments of surging love in the story? Is Ah-Vee a nice dutiful son to Mrs.Pang?
13.How do Mrs.Pang and her children communicate?
14.What are the pangs of love? What causes the pangs?
15.Is there humor in the story? How is the humorous effect achieved?