What would the reader ask to actively engage in the theme of the story? a.) what would i do if my life was just a matter of chance? b.) what wishes would i make if someone gave me a monkeys paw? c.) what do i believe in-fate or that events happen by chance ? d) what would i do if someone told me about making three wishes?

Tan discusses her mother’s use of English to build the idea that a form of language can be purposeful and meaningful even if it is nonstandard

This is te answer because in the brief excerpt the author describes how he mother's english is not the best, but at the same time she lets us know that she's not confortable thinking of it as broken, so the rest of the text will explain why even when not the best, Tan's mother's english allows her to communicate, and  it will also likely make a connection to how this broken english is actually enriched by their mother language in some particular ways that give their communicative experience another dimension that a native speaker's one might not have