The Joy Luck Club Test - Per. 3
- 1.Why was Jing-mei taking part in the Joy Luck Club?
- A.
Because she loved to play games with Chinese people
- B.
Because her mother had died and she was asked by her father to be “the fourth corner” at the game
- C.
Because there were very high prizes for winning at the club
- D.
Because she promised her mother to attend at least one meeting of the club
- 2.What surprising information did Jing-mei finally learn from her mother’s story about leaving Kweilin?
- A.
She realized that her mother had been a shop girl in Kweilin.
- B.
She realized that her mother's family had been royalty.
- C.
She realized that her mother had left her two daughters behind.
- D.
She realized that her mother was an inveterate liar.
- 3.In "Scar," after An-mei was burned, what did her grandmother tell her that made her get better fast?
- A.
Her grandmother told her that her mother had left because she didn't care for her.
- B.
Her grandmother told her that she was behaving badly.
- C.
Her grandmother told her that the ghosts would get her.
- D.
Her grandmother told her that she would die and that they were preparing her dying clothes for her.
- 4.In "Scar," what does An-mei’s mother do to show her love and respect for her own mother?
- A.
She bows deeply and calls her by a special name.
- B.
She gets up early in the morning and prepares her a special meal.
- C.
She returns to her family and cuts off a piece of her own flesh, puts it in a soup, and serves it to her dying mother.
- D.
She agrees to stay away from her daughter forever.
- 5.In "The Red Candle," how did Lindo Jong become engaged to her future husband, Tyan-yu?
- A.
He proposed to her after watching a romantic movie.
- B.
A match was arranged through a matchmaker when Lindo was two and Tyan-yu was only one.
- C.
Their mothers discussed their growing love and promised to let them marry.
- D.
They decided to marry after going on many dates in their teens.
- 6.In "The Red Candle," what promise did Lindo make to herself on her wedding day?
- A.
She promised herself that she would someday kill Tyan-yu.
- B.
She promised herself that she would run away at the first opportunity.
- C.
She promised herself that she would always remember her parents’ wishes but would never forget herself.
- D.
She promised herself that she would write to her parents to make them feel guilty.
- 7.What was the red candle’s significance and what was supposed to happen to it?
- A.
It symbolized Lindo’s marriage to Tyan-yu, and it was supposed to be lit at both ends and kept burning all night long.
- B.
It was a symbol of the children she would bear, and it was supposed to burn out only after she and her husband made love.
- C.
It symbolized fertility, and it was supposed to be kept burning always.
- D.
It symbolized her fears, and it was supposed to make her keep trying to please Tyan-yu.
- 8.In "The Red Candle," how did Lindo escape from the marriage to Tyan-yu?
- A.
She convinced them that the pregnant servant girl was really of imperial
- B.
She lied and said she couldn't have children.
- C.
She ran away when everyone else was at dinner.
- D.
She killed Tyan-yu.
- 9.In "The Moon Lady," why does the Amah tell Ying-ying that she must keep her wishes secret?
- A.
Because it is so much fun to have secrets that other people don't know
- B.
Because secrets are always kept during special festivals
- C.
Because in the Chinese culture, girls are raised to keep secrets
- D.
Because if she tells her secret wish, it will no longer be a wish but a selfish desire
- 10.How does Ying-ying's story in "The Moon Lady" reflect her life and that of her daughter?
- A.
She says that she and her daughters are both lost.
- B.
She says that she and her daughter could have been stars.
- C.
She says that she and her daughter were destined to become singers.
- D.
She says that she feels that she and her daughter could both have played the role of the Moon Lady.
- 11.What was “the art of invisible strength” that Waverly’s mother taught her?
- A.
It was a special strength that comes from angels.
- B.
It was the strength that comes from lifting weights.
- C.
It was a strategy for winning arguments and gaining respect from others.
- D.
It was a way of never losing even one chess tournament.
- 12.In "Rules of the Game," how did Waverly’s mother treat her when she returned home after running away?
- A.
She was totally apologetic and gave Waverly anything she wanted.
- B.
She talked with Waverly about solving her problems.
- C.
She promised not to cause any more problems for Waverly.
- D.
She treated her as though she didn’t exist
- 13.At the end of "Rules of the Game," who is Waverly's imaginary chess opponent?
- A.
Lau Po
- B.
Her brother Winston
- C.
Her father
- D.
Her mother
- 14.In "The Voice from the Wall," what did Lena hear through the wall of the new apartment?
- A.
The sound of mice running around
- B.
The mother and daughter next door arguing
- C.
The woman next door reciting poetry in Chinese
- D.
The mother and father next door talking to each other
- 15.In "The Voice from the Wall," what hope did Lena have after watching the girl next door with her mother?
- A.
She hoped that she and her mother could get to know the people next door.
- B.
She hoped that her father would allow her to have a boyfriend too.
- C.
She hoped that the girl would visit her again soon.
- D.
She hoped that things could be better than they appeared.
- 16.In "The Voice from the Wall," why did Ying-ying continually move the furniture around in the apartment?
- A.
She was a professional interior decorator.
- B.
She claimed the room was "unbalanced".
- C.
She was a very picky person.
- D.
She did it to spite her husband, who always insulted her taste.
- 17.In "Half and Half," what did Rose find out “faith” was?
- A.
An illusion that somehow one is in control
- B.
Just God's way of fooling people
- C.
Simply a way of pretending
- D.
A silly way of behaving that Chinese people engage in
- 18.In "Half and Half," where does Rose's mother keep her Bible?
- A.
She keeps it in a special case.
- B.
She doesn't have one.
- C.
She uses to prop up her table.
- D.
She sleeps with it under her pillow.
- 19.In "Half and Half," what did Rose find written in her mother's Bible?
- A.
Her mother's confession to God about losing her son
- B.
Her mother's angry statements about her death
- C.
Her brother's name written in it in erasable pencil under "Deaths"
- D.
Just a small notation about her brother in the back written in blue ink
- 20.In "Two Kinds," what made Jing-mei's mother think that Jing-mei could be a prodigy?
- A.
She thought anyone could be anything they wanted to be in America.
- B.
Jing-mei had showed great promise when she was very young.
- C.
An-Mei Hsu had mentioned that she thought Jing-mei was talented.
- D.
She believed that anyone could accomplish greatness through prayer.
- 21.In "Two Kinds," what did Jing-mei realize after she had played both “Pleading Child” and “Perfectly Contented” a few times?
- A.
That it too was beautiful
- B.
That the two pieces were two halves of the same song
- C.
That the latter was very difficult to play
- D.
That “Perfectly Contented” made her feel better about her mother’s death
- 22.In "Rice Husband," how do Lena and Harold handle their finances?
- A.
They have a joint checking account like most married couples.
- B.
Lena pays for everything.
- C.
Harold pays for everything.
- D.
They split everything down the middle.
- 23.In "Rice Husband," what does Lena think her mother will see during her visit with her and Harold?
- A.
How ugly their cat is
- B.
How wrong Lena and Harold are for each other
- C.
How boring Lena's life is
- D.
How poorly built Lena's house is
- 24.When Lena says, “I knew it would happen,” what question does her mother ask?
- A.
"How could you possibly know that?"
- B.
"I don't think you could have known."
- C.
"Then why don't you stop it?"
- D.
"Why do you do such dumb things, then?"
- 25.In "Four Directions," what did Waverly want to tell her mother at lunch?
- A.
She wanted to tell her mother that she was going on a special diet.
- B.
She wanted to tell her mother that she was getting married again.
- C.
She wanted to tell her mother that she was getting divorced.
- D.
She wanted to tell her mother that she was pregnant.
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