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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Waverly replaces the missing chess pieces with _____________________.
(a) Her brother's submarine figures
(b) Stones from the alley
(c) Ones she makes from dough
(d) Lifesavers

2. What was Ying-Ying's unspoken wish?
(a) To become old
(b) To not be afraid
(c) To be found
(d) To be trusted

3. Waverly's mother wanted Vincent's chess set _________________________.
(a) To have the missing pieces restored
(b) To be returned to its owner
(c) To be replaced with a new one
(d) To be thrown away

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

5. When Lena's mother speaks to her in Chinese, Lena ____________________________________.
(a) Does not repeat some of what her mother says
(b) Writes down everything and translates it later
(c) Translates for her father accuratey and succinctly
(d) Tries to pretend she does not understand

Short Answer Questions

1. At the Mah Jong table, Suyuan Woo always sat _________________________-.

2. Rose's mother admitted to God that _______________________.

3. A Chinese Santa Claus asked Waverly ______________________________________.

4. Amah is Ying-Ying's ___________.

5. How did Ying-Ying's rescuers determine she was not a beggar?

Short Essay Questions

1. Lindo Jong became the property of her husband's family long before she went to live with them. Discuss how this changed the way her mother perceived her and treated her.

2. Waverly's unusual talent becomes a reason to pamper and spoil her. Does she appreciate this treatment? How does it affect her?

3. Discuss why the current members of the Joy Luck Club have invested their winnings in the stock market.

4. Why did An-Mei's mother return to her sister's home where she was so unwanted and rejected? Was her mother the person An-Mei had thought she was?

5. Discuss Ying-Ying's mental state and some of its origins.

6. Discuss why the woman has never told her daughter about the single feather she kept from the swan.

7. This parable is loaded with symbolism. Since the old woman paid a "foolish sum" for the swan, and then loses it, what might this symbolize?

8. What triggers Ying-Ying's early memory of her traumatic fall from the family boat?

9. Waverly Place Jong is named after the street she lives on in San Francisco. Discuss other instances where children are named after localities, ideas or unusual things.

10. What is the difference between the little girl's response to her mother's admonishment about riding the bicycle, and the response that one of these older women might have had to their mothers' warnings years ago?

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