Scar the Joy Luck Club

What did An-mei’s mother do to become a ghost?

• She died.

• She became a Chinese gambler.

• She showed disrespect for her family.

• She forgot how to speak the Chinese language.

What did it mean in An-mei’s family to become a ghost?

• It meant that everyone was forbidden to talk about the person

• It meant that the person could never return home.

• It meant that the person was shunned by all other females.

• It meant that a funeral was held for the person.

Why did An-mei’s grandmother say bad things about her own grandchildren?

• because she disliked their manners

• so that the ghosts would think the children were not worth stealing

• to make them mind her

• to frighten them into listening to her

What happened to the greedy girl in An-mei’s grandmother’s story?

• She was kidnapped by bank robbers

• She grew fatter and fatter and finally poisoned herself after refusing to say whose child she carried.

• She kept wanting more and more things until finally there was nothing left for her to desire.

• She died and was buried on the same day.

In An-mei’s grandmother’s story, what happened to the little girl who refused to listen to her elders?

• She refused her aunt’s request and a little ball fell from her ear and all her brains poured out.

• She was made to stay in her room for three whole days as punishment.

• She was whipped.

• She suddenly became unable to hear at all.

Why was An-mei told never to say her mother’s name?

• because it was too hard for a child to pronounce

• because to say her mother’s name was to spit on her father’s grave

• because the soldiers would come to get her mother if they heard her name spoken out loud

• because to say her mother’s name would mean her mother could return to the family

In Scar, what is the definition of shou?

• It means one will experience great happiness.

• It means one can never come back home.

• It means one will shed many tears.

• It means one has respect for ancestors or family.

What is An-mei’s “know-nothing face”?

• It is the face she wears in school to avoid being called on by the teacher.

• It is the face she wears when she has done something wrong.

• It is the face she puts on when she doesn’t want to reveal her true emotions.

• It is the face she puts on when she is acting silly.

What does An-mei remember about her mother from when An-mei was four?

• She remembers that her mother got caught gambling.

• She remembers that her mother returned to the family and was chased away the same night after An-mei was burned by the hot soup.

• She remembers that her mother appeared to her in a dream on her birthday.

• She remembers that her mother and her uncle quarreled about money.

After An-mei was burned, what did her grandmother tell her that made her get better fast?

• Her grandmother told her that her mother had left and would forget Anmei if An-mei didn’t get better fast.

• Her grandmother told her that she was behaving very badly.

• Her grandmother told her that the ghosts would get her if she didn’t get better fast.

• Her grandmother told her that she would die.