The Joy Luck Club Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 132 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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The Joy Luck Club Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 132 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Popo" is An-Mei's ________________________.
(a) Best friend
(b) Maternal grandmother
(c) Auntie
(d) Governess

2. Lindo Jong's family treated her ________________________________.
(a) Like an orphan they cared for
(b) As though she belonged to someone else
(c) As though she were a ghost
(d) As though she was an unwanted child

3. How did Lena learn that a new baby was coming?
(a) A used crib showed up in her bedroom
(b) Her aunt and uncle told her
(c) Her father shared the news with her
(d) Her mother sat down and explained it to her

4. Throughout the discussion between the mother and child, the mother continues to _______________.
(a) Read
(b) Rock in her chair
(c) Knit
(d) Cook

5. The pregnant servant girl became convinced that she ____________________________.
(a) Had caused Lindo's infertility
(b) Was in love with Tyan-yu
(c) Was of imperial ancestry
(d) Was doomed to live in poverty

6. The woman transported the swan ____________________________.
(a) From New York to San Francisco
(b) From Hong Kong to Shanghai
(c) From Shanghai to America
(d) From Shanghai to Kweilin

7. How was Ying-Ying rescued from the water?
(a) Fishermen pulled her up in their net
(b) A snake held her above water
(c) She was pulled ashore by brigands
(d) She swam to a fishing boat

8. The Hsu family had four sons and ______________________.
(a) Two daughters
(b) Four daughters
(c) One daughter
(d) Three daughters

9. An-Mei's mother shows up ___________________________.
(a) To retrieve An-Mei and her brother
(b) To reconcile with her children
(c) To challenge An-Mei's aunt
(d) To help her mother in her illness

10. Ted is frustrated with Lena because ___________________________.
(a) She cannot make a decision
(b) She wants to control the relationship
(c) She does not like his mother
(d) She is still attached to her family

11. The Hsu family went to beach so that Rose's father could __________________________.
(a) Fish in the ocean
(b) Sunbathe
(c) Spend time with his wife
(d) Play with his children

12. Between the child and mother there is a discernible sense of ______________________________.
(a) Bonding between them
(b) Strong communication
(c) Love and affection
(d) Disappointment and anger

13. Waverly Jong's mother taught her early about ____________________________.
(a) How to shop
(b) Invisible strength
(c) Dim Sum
(d) Forbidden fruits

14. How did Jing-mei justify her defiance of her mother?
(a) She knows her mother is wrong
(b) They are in America, not China
(c) Her mother had left her babies
(d) Obedience does not make talent

15. The old woman who buys a swan eventually _____________________________.
(a) Takes the swan back to China
(b) Eats the swan to survive
(c) Takes the swan to America
(d) Gives the swan to her daughter

Short Answer Questions

1. Suyuan Woo hoped her daughter _________________________________.

2. In her final attempt to find Bing, Rose's mother ___________________________________.

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

4. Jing-mei shocked the anger out of her mother by _______________________________________.

5. In Chinese culture, respect for one's ancestors is called ___________.

(see the answer keys)

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