WorksheetsThe Joy Luck Club - Suyuan and Jing-mei Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Why was Jing Mei Woo taking part in the Joy Luck Club?
Because they needed extra players
To learn to play Mah Jong
Her mother passed away, she was replacing her
She liked a boy in the club
How many Joy Luck Clubs have there been?
6
8
1
2
Why did the women call it the Joy Luck Club?
They knew a women named Joy
The name was passed down from the prior generation
Because they watched a tv show by the same name
Because the women hoped to be lucky and that hope was their only joy.
What surprising information did Jing-mei finally learn from her mother's story about leaving Kweilin?
She was very rich in that city
That she loved the city and wanted to move back there
She left her two baby daughters behind
That she left there to marry again
Who is the author of The Joy Luck Club?
Lindo Jong
Jing-Mei Woo
An-mei Hsu
Amy Tan
When Jing-Mei's mother was in Kweilin, who was at war?
China and Japan
China and the United States of America
Germany and Japan
Europe and Asia
Why did Jing-Mei's mother form the Joy Luck Club in Kweilin?
to be the first in her neighborhood to form a club
because she loved to eat
because she and her friends had nothing else to do
to give herself and her friends a diversion from the horrors of war
What themes are suggested by the fable about the woman and the swan?
Complex mother/daughter relationships
The different barriers that impede communication
The clash of two different cultures
The difference between what one hopes for and what actually happens
All of the above
How does Jing-mei’s mother in The Joy Luck Club show her that she understands why she didn’t try harder at the piano?
She doesn’t make her play at the recital.
She stops talking about her to her friends.
She takes an interest in her true hobbies.
She gifts her their old piano as an adult.
Which direction of the table was Suyuan's place and is now Jing-mei's?
North
South
East
West
In The Joy Luck Club, what does Suyuan imply her daughter’s “best quality” is?
Her selflessness
Her faith
Her determinedness
Her carelessness
At the end of The Joy Luck Club, how does the meaning of Suyuan’s name (Long-Cherished Wish) come true for her after her death?
Her ashes are returned to China.
All her daughters finally come together.
Her husband turns her story into a book.
Her daughter become a piano player.
During her trip to China in The Joy Luck Club, what food is Jing-mei surprised to see her Chinese relatives order at the hotel?
Hamburgers and fries
Tacos
Chicken feet
Sushi
What kind of dream did Jing-mei begin to have after learning that her half-sisters thought their mother was still alive in The Joy Luck Club?
One where her sisters run away from her in despair.
One where she gets lost in China.
One where she is guided by her mother to see them.
One where her sisters are dead, too.
Vignette #1: What did the woman's native culture value in a woman?
Education
Dancing ability
Her husband's belch
Her duck
