This study source was downloaded by 100000868298015 from CourseHero com on 06 07 2023 07 10 11 GMT 05 00 https www coursehero com file 191985263 3140 02 INS 3RP AFP tcm143 665858pdf 3140 02 INS 3RP UCLES 2023 English Stage 9 Paper 2 Fiction 2023 Cambridge Lower Secondary Progression Test Insert This study source was downloaded by 100000868298015 from CourseHero com on 06 07 2023 07 10 11 GMT 05 00 https www coursehero com file 191985263 3140 02 INS 3RP AFP tcm143 665858pdf 2 UCLES 2023 E S9 INSERT 02 Text for Section A an extract from Rules of the Game by Amy Tan The story is about a young Chinese girl living with her family during the mid 1900s Vincent got the chess set which would have been a very decent present to get at a church Christmas party except it was obviously used and as we discovered later it was missing a black pawn and a white knight My mother graciously thanked the unknown benefactor saying Too good Cost too much At which point an old lady with fine white wispy hair nodded toward our family and said with a whistling whisper Merry merry Christmas When we got home my mother told Vincent to throw the chess set away She not want it We not want it she said tossing her head stiffly to the side with a tight proud smile My brothers had deaf ears They were already lining up the chess pieces and reading from the dog eared instruction book I watched Vincent and Winston play during Christmas week The chessboard seemed to hold elaborate secrets waiting to be untangled The chessmen were more powerful than old Li s magic herbs that cured ancestral curses And my brothers wore such serious faces that I was sure something was at stake Let me Let me I begged between games when one brother or the other would sit back with a deep sigh of relief and victory the other annoyed unable to let go of the outcome Vincent at first refused to let me play but when I offered my Life Savers as replacements for the buttons that filled in for the missing pieces he relented He chose the flavors wild cherry for the black pawn and peppermint for the white knight Winner could eat both As our mother sprinkled flour and rolled out small doughy circles for the steamed dumplings that would be our dinner that night Vincent explained the rules pointing to each piece You have sixteen pieces and so do I One king and queen two bishops two knights two castles and eight pawns The pawns can only move forward one step except on the first move Then they can move two But they can only take men by moving crossways except in the beginning when you can move ahead and take another pawn Why I asked as I moved my pawn Why can t they move more steps Because they re pawns he said But why do they go crossways to take other men Why aren t there any women and children Why is the sky blue Why must you always ask stupid questions asked Vincent This is a game These are the rules I didn t make them up See Here in the book He jabbed a page with a pawn in his hand Pawn P A W N Pawn Read it yourself My mother patted the flour off her hands Let me see book she said quietly She scanned the pages quickly not reading the foreign English symbols seeming to search deliberately for nothing in particular This American rules she concluded at last Every time people come out from foreign country must know rules You not know judge say Too bad go back They not telling you why so you can use their way go forward They say don t know why you find out yourself But they knowing all the time Better you take it find out why yourself She tossed her head back with a satisfied smile I found out about all the whys later I read the rules and looked up all the big words in a dictionary I borrowed books from the Chinatown library I studied each chess piece trying to absorb the power each contained 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 This study source was downloaded by 100000868298015 from CourseHero com on 06 07 2023 07 10 11 GMT 05 00 https www coursehero com file 191985263 3140 02 INS 3RP AFP tcm143 665858pdf 3 UCLES 2023 E S9 INSERT 02 I learned about opening moves and why it s important to control the center early on the shortest distance between two points is straight down the middle I learned about the middle game and why tactics between two adversaries are like clashing ideas the one who plays better has the clearest plans for both attacking and getting out of traps I learned why it is essential in the endgame to have foresight a mathematical understanding of all possible moves and patience all weaknesses and advantages become evident to a strong adversary and are obscured to a tiring opponent I discovered that for the whole game one must gather invisible strengths and see the endgame before the game begins I also found out why I should never reveal why to others A little knowledge withheld is a great advantage one should store for future use That is the power of chess It is a game of secrets in which one must show and never tell I loved the secrets I found within the sixty four black and white squares I carefully drew a handmade chessboard and pinned it to the wall next to my bed where I would stare for hours at imaginary battles Soon I no longer lost any games or Life Savers but I lost my adversaries Winston and Vincent decided they were more interested in roaming the streets after school in their Hopalong Cassidy cowboy hats 45 50 55 This study source was downloaded by 100000868298015 from CourseHero com on 06 07 2023 07 10 11 GMT 05 00 https www coursehero com file 191985263 3140 02 INS 3RP AFP tcm143 665858pdf Powered by TCPDF www tcpdf org 4 Permission to reproduce items where third party owned material protected by copyright is included has been sought and cleared where possible Every reasonable effort has been made by the publisher UCLES to trace copyright holders but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been included the publisher will be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity To avoid the issue of disclosure of answer related 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