The Joy Luck Club

The Joy Luck Club Multiple-choice Test

Setting

Choose the best answer. 1 The mothers were born in _____. a [ ] America b [ ] Canada c [ ] China d [ ] Japan 2 The daughters were born in _____. a [ ] America b [ ] Canada c [ ] China d [ ] Japan 3 The book is about the relationship between _____. a [ ] mothers and sons b [ ] fathers and sons c [ ] mothers and daughters d [ ] sisters 4 The Joy Luck Club is in _____. a [ ] New York b [ ] San Francisco c [ ] Los Angeles d [ ] Chicago 5 At the Joy Luck Club, people play _____. a [ ] music b [ ] tennis c [ ] chess d [ ] mah jong 6 Suyuan Woo escapes from the town of Kweilin during _____. a [ ] a terrible fire b [ ] the war c [ ] a big storm d [ ] a serious earthquake 7 The only mother who is dead is _____. a [ ] Suyuan Woo b [ ] An-mei Hsu c [ ] Lindo Jong d [ ] Ying-ying St Clair 8 An-mei Hsu grows up in a house with her _____. a [ ] sister b [ ] daughter c [ ] cousin d [ ] grandmother 9 At the end, Jing-mei Woo goes on a trip to _____. a [ ] France b [ ] China c [ ] Japan d [ ] Thailand 10 Jing-mei Woo goes to see her sisters that she _____. a [ ] met recently b [ ] met last year c [ ] met a long time ago d [ ] hasn’t met before

Characters Choose the best answer. 11 Suyuan Woo leaves her _____ because she can’t carry them any longer. a [ ] twin daughters b [ ] twin sisters c [ ] three daughters d [ ] son and daughter 12 Jing-mei Woo takes her mother’s place at the _____ table. a [ ] dinner b [ ] breakfast c [ ] mah jong d [ ] table tennis 13 _____ is married to Tyan-yu at a young age. a [ ] Lindo Jong b [ ] Waverly Jong c [ ] Huang Tatai d [ ] Popo 14 As a child, Waverly Jong is very good at playing _____. a [ ] tennis b [ ] the violin c [ ] the piano d [ ] chess

16 Jing-mei Woo feels angry as a child because she thinks her mother wants her to be a _____. a [ ] doctor b [ ] dentist c [ ] prodigy d [ ] singer 17 Old Chong is Jing-mei Woo’s piano teacher who is _____. a [ ] ill b [ ] famous c [ ] deaf d [ ] blind 18 Ying-ying St Clair marries _____ man called Clifford St Clair. a [ ] a Chinese b [ ] an American c [ ] an Australian d [ ] a Canadian

20 Ying-ying St Clair killed her baby before it was born because her husband _____. a [ ] often hit her b [ ] was very ill c [ ] died d [ ] abandoned her

Dialogue Who said or wrote this? 21 ‘Never say her name. To say her name is to spit on your father’s grave.’ a [ ] An-mei Hsu b [ ] Popo c [ ] Yan Chang d [ ] Wu Tsing 22 ‘This is my bed. You sleep on the sofa.’ a [ ] Waverly Jong b [ ] Lindo Jong c [ ] Huang Taitai d [ ] Tyan-yu 23 ‘I have a wish! I have one!’ a [ ] Ying-ying St Clair b [ ] Amah c [ ] Mama d [ ] The Moon Lady 24 ‘Why do you have to use me to show off?’ a [ ] Rich Schields b [ ] Shoshana c [ ] Lindo Jong d [ ] Waverly Jong 25 ‘I just don’t think you should make me pay for your ice cream any more.’ a [ ] Ying-ying St Clair b [ ] Lena St Clair c [ ] Harold d [ ] Auntie Suyuan

27 ‘Listen, June, I don’t know how to tell you this, but – well, we decided your work was unacceptable.’ a [ ] Suyuan Woo b [ ] Mr Chong, the piano teacher c [ ] Waverly Jong d [ ] Jing-mei Woo

29 ‘Please take care of these babies with the money and valuables provided.’ a [ ] Lindo Jong b [ ] Canning Woo c [ ] Suyuan Woo d [ ] Jing-mei Woo 30 ‘Little Sister has grown up.’ a [ ] Canning Woo b [ ] Suyuan Woo’s twin daughters c [ ] Jing-mei Woo d [ ] Suyuan Woo

Plot Choose the best answer. 41 The aunties at the Joy Luck Club decide to pay for Jing-mei Woo to _____. a [ ] go to an expensive restaurant b [ ] get married c [ ] go to China d [ ] buy clothes 42 One night, the young Ying-ying St Clair gets her clothes very dirty and then falls _____. a [ ] into a lake b [ ] out of the window c [ ] into some mud d [ ] over a wall 43 Ying-ying St Clair becomes very unhappy after she loses _____. a [ ] her grandmother b [ ] her sick husband c [ ] her older daughter d [ ] her baby son 44 Every night, Lena St Clair hears her _____ arguing and shouting. a [ ] parents b [ ] neighbours c [ ] friends d [ ] brothers

46 An-mei Hsu’s mother arrives one day and takes An-mei away from her _____. a [ ] grandfather b [ ] father c [ ] uncle, aunt and brother d [ ] twin sisters 47 An-mei Hsu’s mother _____ before New Year. a [ ] kills herself with poison b [ ] gets married again c [ ] runs away to Hong Kong d [ ] buys some new silk dresses 48 One night, Jing-mei Woo plays the piano very _____ at a special concert. a [ ] beautifully b [ ] quietly c [ ] badly d [ ] quickly 49 When Jing-mei Woo goes to China, she feels that she is becoming _____. a [ ] more American b [ ] more Chinese c [ ] ill d [ ] unhappy 50 Jing-mei Woo’s twin sisters seem very _____ when they meet her. a [ ] happy b [ ] angry c [ ] sad d [ ] shy