The Joy Luck Club | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Part 1, Parable

1. The old woman who buys a swan eventually _____________________________.

Takes the swan to America

2. The old woman wants to use perfect English to explain ________________________________.

The story of the swan to her daughter

3. The woman's daughter speaks _______________________.

Only English

4. The white swan was purchased _____________________.

In Shanghai

5. The swan represents to the old woman ____________________________.

All of her treasures and values

6. The woman's feels her daughter __________________.

Has no sorrows

7. The woman's plans for the swan involve _________________________________.

Giving the swan to her daughter

8. The woman transported the swan ____________________________.

From Shanghai to America

9. Filling out so many forms at customs, the woman _________________________________________.

Forgot why she had come and what she left behind

10. The old woman's daughter swallowed this, more than sorrow.

Coca-Cola

11. The woman intends to learn in America how to...
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