A Pair Of Tickets
- 1.Why does Jing-mei feel different as her train leaves the Hong Kong border and enters Shenzhen, China?
- A.
Because she is becoming Chinese
- B.
Because she can no longer speak the dialect of the region she is in
- C.
Because her mother always talked about crossing that border
- D.
Because the air is somewhat lighter in Shenzhen
- 2.Where is Jing-mei meeting her two half-sisters?
- A.
She is meeting them in Shanghai.
- B.
She is meeting them in Oakland.
- C.
She is meeting them in Canton.
- D.
She is meeting them in Kweilin.
- 3.How did the half-sisters learn that their mother was dead?
- A.
They learned that their mother was dead when Auntie Lindo wrote a letter to them as Jing-mei asked her to do.
- B.
Somehow they just knew.
- C.
Jing-mei phoned them weeks before her visit to China.
- D.
Jing-mei’s father secretly wrote to them so that they wouldn’t have false expectations.
- 4.How did Jing-mei learn the details of what happened to her half-sisters?
- A.
From her father
- B.
From her mother’s journals
- C.
From Auntie Lindo
- D.
From the half-sisters themselves
- 5.Why did Jing-mei’s mother actually leave the babies?
- A.
Because she tired of carrying them
- B.
Because they wouldn’t have been Chinese if she had brought them to America with her
- C.
Because she thought she was going to die and didn’t want them to die with her
- D.
Because she traded them for a lot of money
- 6.Who found the babies?
- A.
An old peasant woman
- B.
A gypsy queen
- C.
The mayor of a nearby town
- D.
A large magical dog
- 7.What are the two different Chinese meanings of Suyuan, Jing-mei’s mother’s name?
- A.
"Wonderful Mother” and “Honorable Adversary”
- B.
“Good Wife” and “Nagging Woman”
- C.
“Beautiful One” and “Light of My Life”
- D.
“Long Cherished Wish” and “Long-Held Grudge
- 8.What are the meanings of Jing-mei’s name?
- A.
“Just pure essence” and “younger sister
- B.
“Sweet person” and “Loyal follower”
- C.
“Loved relation” and “Beautiful dreamer”
- D.
“Her Mother’s Wish” and “Difficult Child”
- 9.I read most of Joy Luck Club.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.I read all of Joy Luck Club.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.What was your favorite story from Joy Luck Club? Describe this story.
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