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Duplicate of The Joy Luck Club Review
Duplicate of The Joy Luck Club Review
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1
On the road to Chungking, Suyuan Woo left behind her --
all of these
b. twin babies
c. 3 fancy silk dresses
a. mahjong table
2
Identify the speaker: "I wanted my children to have the best combination: American circumstances and Chinese character."
Suyuan
Ying-ying
Lindo
An-mei
3
Harold was surprised when Lena's mother told him that Lena --
wanted a higher salary
was allergic to cats
wanted to visit China
couldn't eat ice cream
4
What was the "life's importance" Jing-mei's mother gave her?
a sapphire ring
a pearl necklace
a red jade necklace
a jade pendant
5
What does Jing-mei eat for her first meal in China?
Hamburgers, french fries, and apple pie
Chop suey
A simple peasant’s meal of plain white rice
A traditional Chinese feast
6
How did An-Mei lose her faith?
Her prayers did not stop her daughter from marrying
She lost her son
Her mother did not return for her
She was not allowed to join the church in San Francisco
7
Identify the speaker: “And on that day, I learned to shout.”
Lindo
Suyuan
Ying-ying
An-mei
8
Identify the speaker: “I think about Bing, how I knew he was in danger, how I let it happen.”
Jing-mei
Rose
Lena
Waverly
9
What gift from Rich does Waverly show to her mother?
A plane ticket to China
A mink coat
A coffee table he has designed and built
An engagement ring
10
How did Ying-Ying get lost the night of the Moon Festival?
She fell off her family's boat
She followed a dragonfly into the night
She wandered off into a crowd
She was kidnapped by fisherman
11
How do Rose and An-mei return to the beach to look for Rose’s drowned brother?
They take a rickshaw
An-mei drives them, even though she has never driven before
They walk twenty miles
Canning drives them
12
How does the red candle predict the success of Lindo and Tyan-yu’s marriage?
If an end blows out, they will get a divorce
Both ends burning w/o going out will ensure a happy marriage
# of wax drops represents # of children they'll have
for each hour the candle burns, they will enjoy 10 years of marriage
13
Why does Suyuan end up not eating any crab at all during the celebration?
She has never liked the taste of crab
She miscounted the crabs
her guests take the better quality crabs
She is allergic
14
What game was played at the Joy Luck Club?
mah jong
Chinese chess
Dou DiZhu
nengkan
15
Why doesn’t Jing-mei’s piano teacher, Mr. Chong, insist that she play the correct notes?
He does not want to hurt Jing-mei’s self-esteem
Suyuan is not paying him, so he doesn't care if Jing-mei learns properly
He is deaf and can't hear her poor playing
He wants Jing-mei to fail miserably at her recital
16
Identify the speaker: "I'll use it only to sign important things."
Ted
Marvin
Rich
Harold
17
What does Ying-ying’s Amah teach her?
They should swallow their tears
They should not be like the lady ghosts at the bottom of the lake
Not to chase dragonflies
They should never ask questions, but only listen
18
How was An-mei scarred?
She cut her hand on her grandfather's sword
Boiling soup spilled on her neck
She cut her hand with a knife while making food for the Huangs
From hear abortion
19
What did Lindo's daughter ask her to do before the wedding?
take a trip to China
have her hair cut by Mr. Rory
give her the piano
give her the red pendant
20
What does Suyuan do to ensure her twin daughters are returned to her after the war with Japan?
Nothing
She pins her husband's name to their blanket
Writes her address on the photos and stuffs them into the babies’ clothing
She hides them in a cave and memorizes the cave’s location
21
Identify the speaker: “Why don’t you like me the way I am? I’m not a genius. I can’t play the piano.”
Rose
Jing-mei
Lena
Waverly
22
What does Ying-ying say is wrong with the St. Clairs’ apartment?
It is not big enough
It is not balanced
It is not in Chinatown
Its walls are too thin
23
What does Ying-ying say when Lena fails to eat every last grain of rice in her bowl?
She reminds Lena about the starving children in Africa
She tells Lena she cannot have ice cream for dessert
Every rice she fails to eat marks the face of her husband
She tells Lena to go to her room
24
What distressed Lindo about her recent trip to China?
China was not as beautiful as she had remembered it
She found the prices too high
People could recognize her as an American
What the Communists had done to the country
25
An-Mei’s mother cuts her flesh and puts it into the soup for Popo. She does this because of…
nengkan
lihai
hulihudu
shou
26
What does Ying-ying do to make Lena realize there are problems in her marriage and to do something about it?
She tells Lena to go to a therapist
She knocks the vase off of the rickety table that Lena’s husband had made
She yells at Lena’s husband in front of her
She tells Harold that Lena doesn't eat ice cream
27
Whose mother told her she was like the lady ghosts w/ their hair undone to show their everlasting despair?
An-mei
Suyuan
Ying-ying
Lindo
28
When Waverly was nine years old, she --
won the national chess championship
graduated from high school
told her mother she wished she was dead like her sisters back in China
played piano in a talent show
29
What is deceptive about the necklace that Second Wife gives to An-mei?
It is stolen
It is gold-painted silver, not real gold
It is glass, not pearl
The jade is light green
30
Where does Waverly get her first chess set?
Her brother receives it as a gift at church Christmas party
Her mother gives it to her to awaken an inner prodigy
She buys it at a shop in Chinatown
She receives it as gift from men who play chess in the park
31
Suyuan died before she could fulfill her wish to --
find her spirit
see her daughter married
tell her husband her secret
find her long lost daughters
32
Invisible strength
is a way to…
win arguments
all of these
win chess games
earn respect
33
What does An-mei’s mother tell her to do rather than cry?
Fight to correct that which pains her
Swallow her tears and suppress her her emotion
Speak openly about her sorrow
Sing a song
34
Where did Lindo Jong meet her first husband?
He was her coworker's friend
Her aunt's wedding celebration
The clothing store she worked at
A matchmaker arranged their marriage
35
Identify the speaker: “My mother had looked into my rice bowl and told me I would marry a bad man.”
Waverly
Rose
Lena
Jing-mei
36
What means the "ability to do anything you put your mind to"?
lihai
hulihudu
shou
nengkan
37
Her name means
clear reflection.
Lindo
An-mei
Ying-ying
Suyuan
38
What means the "confused"?
lihai
shou
hulihudu
nengkan
39
Why did Lena think that she had caused Arnold's death?
She had left rice in the bowl so she wouldn't marry a bad man
She gave him the measles
She prayed for his death
She told him she wanted a divorce
40
Who was Old Mr. Chou?
the deaf piano teacher
a member of the Joy Luck Club
the matchmaker
the guardian of a door that opened into dreams
41
Identify the speaker: “...when I have a little extra money, I buy another bracelet. I know what I am worth."
Suyuan
An-mei
Lindo
Ying-ying
42
What material element does An-mei say is lacking in Rose?
Fire
Water
Metal
Wood
43
What does An-mei use as a prop to keep her kitchen table from wobbling?
A book of piano music
A Chinese book called The Twenty-six Malignant Gates
A Chinese-English dictionary
A white leatherette Bible
44
Whose "face paled at the sound of the wind (because) he was fearful of ghosts"?
Clifford St. Clair
Tyan-yu
Bing
Wu-Tsing
45
What happens to the candle?
It topples over and starts a fire
Lindo steals and hides it in order to prevent the marriage
Lindo blows it out & the servant lights it again out of fear
Burns to end w/o going out: they will have a happy marriage
46
Identify the speaker: “What should we do?”
Rose
Lena
Waverly
Jing-mei
47
What is wrong with one of the crabs that Suyuan and Jing-mei buy for their New Year’s dinner?
It is poor quality
It is dead
It is too feisty
It is missing a leg
48
Identify the speaker: “Only two kinds of daughters. Those who are obedient and those who follow their own mind!"
An-mei
Ying-ying
Lindo
Suyuan
49
Why did An-mei's mother kill herself when she did?
She was ashamed of being a concubine
It was the anniversary of her 1st husband's death
Wu Tsing would then raise An-mei as an honored child
Popo died
50
How did Aiyi recognize Jing-mei & her father?
Her father had sent Polaroid pictures to them
Jing-mei looked just like her mother
Jing-mei was calling her sisters' names
They wore green jade necklaces
51
Lindo got Tin to marry her by --
making him a peanut butter pie
promising him American citizenship
cooking for him
giving him a fortune cookie
52
Her name means
long cherished wish.
Lindo
Suyuan
Ying-ying
An-mei
53
Jing-Mei's mother decided her daughter would be...
a child actor
a chess prodigy
a doctor
a piano prodigy
54
What did Rose want out of her divorce from Ted?
their daughter
the house
she didn't want to get a divorce
a sapphire ring
55
What does An-mei throw into the ocean in order to find Bing?
both b and c
b. a sapphire ring
c. sweet tea
a. a jade pendant
