The Joy Luck Club Chapter 1 Quiz

1. The old woman who buys a swan eventually

• Eats the swan to survive

• Takes the swan to America

• Takes the swan back to China

• Gives the swan to her daughter

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2. The woman's daughter speaks

• Only English

• A combination of foreign languages

• An unfamiliar dialect

• Only Chinese

3. The swan represents to the old woman

• The beauty of nature

• Flight to a new land

• The freedom and a new life

• All of her treasures and values

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4. Filling out so many forms at customs, the woman

• Forgot why she come and what she left behind

• Forgot to take the swan with her

• Forgot where she was and became confused

• Accidentally left the swan aboard the ship

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

• Humiliations

• Green tea

• Coffee

• Coca-Cola

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6. Suyuan Woo's husband leaves her to

• Makes his way to Shanghai

• Defect to Japan

• Get far from Kweilin

• Fight for the Chinese Army

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7. Mah Jong is

• A poker game

• A board game

• A word game

• A fortune telling

8. Suyuan Woo hoped her daughter

• Would not be like Waverly Wong

• Would grow up to be a tax attorney

• Had a talent for playing piano

• Would grow up to be like her

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9. Jeing-mei learns that her mother's lost babies

• Died a very poor woman

• Wished she had not raised her in America

• Have been found alive and well

• Died while searching for her lost babies

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10. The Hsus find that their Chinese relatives do not want American gifts, but prefer

• Elegant luncheons

• Picnics with the family

• Days in the mountains

• Money

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