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From passage from amy tans rules of the game which statement best explains the motivation for the narrators mother to introduce her daughter to everyone they meet she wants to adhere to the customs of the chinese community, she wants to satisfy people's curosity about her daughter

What does the word precocious mean in this sentence

What does tolstoy set up gerasim to be foil to praskoyva fedornovna