Half and Half from Joy Luck Club

(JLC) What happened in Kweilin?

• Suyuan celebrates her babies' first birthday. 
• The first Joy Luck Club is created.
• Jing-Mei returns to meet her sisters. 
• Suyuan is arranged to be married by a matchmaker.

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.K.7

CCSS.RI.1.6

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

(JLC) What is the purpose of the original Joy Luck Club?

• To share recipes.
• To raise money for charity.
• To forget their troubles by playing Mah Jong.
• To get to know their neighbors. 

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.K.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

(JLC) Which of the following is not one of the five elements mentioned in the book?

• wind
• fire
• water
• stone

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

(JLC) Who is Jing-Mei Woo's mother?

• Lindo
• Waverly
• Amy Tan
• Suyuan

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

(JLC) Why did "the aunties" give Jing-Mei $1,200 in an envelope?

• to buy new, American clothes
• to go to University
• to go to China to meet her half-sisters
• her mother had won the money previously, so she could use it as she pleased

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CCSS.RI.K.1

CCSS.RL.K.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

(Scar) In An-Mei's grandmother's story, what happened to the little girl that didn't listen to her elders?

• A ball fell from her ear and all of her brains poured out
• she was disowned
• her mother cut her tongue out of her mouth
• her parents did not speak to her for the next three years

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CCSS.RI.K.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

(Scar) What is An-Mei's "know nothing" face?

• Her face when she is confused
• The face she puts on when she doesn't want to reveal her true emotions
• The face she puts on when she doesn't like someone and tries to avoid them
• The way that her grandmother describes her face when she's upset with her

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CCSS.RI.K.1

CCSS.RL.K.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

(Half and Half) When her mother gave up finding Bing, what emotion did Rose feel?

• anger
• happiness
• relief
• frustration

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

(Half and Half) What did Rose and her mother do in the early morning after Rose's brother drowned?

• The got on the first flight to China
• They went to the beach to find him
• They sat on the floor in their living room and cried togher
• They called their closest family members to let them know

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CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RF.1.4C

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

(Two Kinds) What happened to all of Jing-mei’s mother’s early efforts to find out what kind of prodigy Jing-mei should be?

• Jing-Mei was only relatively successful; it wasn't enough
• Jing-mei's mother would not feed her for weeks until she mastered a skill
• Waverly one-up'ed each skill that Jing-mei attempted
• they totally failed

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CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RL. 6.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.7