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The Joy Luck Club Multiple Choice 13-15

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How did Lena St. Clair unknowingly insulted her mother by giving her the guest bedroom in her home?
a)
a. The room was too big for one small, older lady.
b)
b. The room faced south and frightened her mother.
c)

c. The room had sloping ceilings and felt like a coffin.

2.
What did Lena do when she was born?
a)
a. She cried right away.
b)
b. She made her mother feel sick.
c)
c. She squirmed around so that the nurse had to hold onto her.
d)
d. She sprang from her mother like a slippery fish.
3.
When Ying-ying was a young girl in Wushi, she was lihai? What did that mean?
a)
a. It meant that she was wicked.
b)
b. It meant that she was wild and stubborn.
c)
c. It meant that she loved to read.
d)
d. It meant that her parents were uneducated.
4.
When did Ying-ying begin to know things before they happened?
a)
a. the night her aunt got married when Ying-ying was sixteen
b)
b. when she was around thirty
c)
c. when she got pregnant with her daughter
d)
d. when her husband beat her up
5.
What sign happened to convince Ying-ying that she would marry the man who was a guest at her house?
a)
a. A large wind blew in from the north and the flower on the table nearby split from its stem and fell at her feet.
b)
b. She had a dream that contained every detail of the marriage.
c)
c. He winked at her and she just knew what would follow.
d)
d. She had always expected a tall, thin man would propose to her and the guest at her house was tall and thin.
6.
Why did Ying-ying’s husband leave her?
a)
a. He left her because she was boring to him.
b)
b. He left her to live with an opera singer.
c)
c. She got sick and he didn’t want to live with a sick woman.
d)
d. She got pregnant and he didn’t want any children.
7.
What was the difference between what Lena saw in her mother and what her mother really was?
a)
a. Lena saw a Chinese woman, but her mother really was an American.
b)
b. Lena saw a dumb woman, but her mother really was smart.
c)
c. Lena saw a short person, but her mother was a tall person in her heart.
d)
d. Lena saw a small old lady, but Ying-ying really was a tiger lady.
8.
Why, according to Ying-ying, was the tiger gold and black?
a)
a. because the gold side leapt with its fierce heart while the black side stood still with cunning and patience
b)
b. because the gold side was evil while the black side was good
c)
c. because it would be silly to have a blue and pink tiger
d)
d. because the gold was beautiful and complements the black
9.

Why did Ying-ying choose to end the life of her first child?

a)
a. because she was afraid she will die giving birth
b)
b. because she had no money to support the child
c)
c. because the child was going to be sickly
d)
d. because she hated her husband, the child’s father
10.
What did Ying-ying do for ten years at the country home of her cousin’s family?
a)
a. She waited for a husband to come along.
b)
b. She waited between the trees.
c)
c. She worked as a maid.
d)
d. She learned to perform many wifely chores.
11.

What did Ying-ying give up when she married Clifford St. Clair?

a)
a. her free will
b)
b. her money
c)
c. her child
d)
d. her spirit
12.
At the end of this story, what does Ying-ying want to do for her daughter?
a)
a. She wants to give her daughter a lot of money.
b)
b. She wants to build a new house for her daughter.
c)
c. She wants to find her daughter a new husband.
d)
d. She wants to give her daughter her own spirit.
13.

Ying Ying is ashamed to tell her daughter about her (a)   because it is painful to think about, but worse yet are Ying Ying's actions.

14.

What is Ying Ying's first husband's first name?

a)

Chaoxing

b)

Chang

c)

Wu Tsing

d)

She never tells us the name.

15.

Ying Ying becomes a ____ ____ in the city after leaving her first husband.

(a)  

16.

According to An-mei, she was raised the Chinese way to desire everything.

a)

true

b)

false

17.

According to the Turtle, your tears feed other people happiness.

a)

true

b)

false

18.

Wu Tsing's second wife used his fear of ghost to manipulate him to get what she wants.

a)

true

b)

false

19.

Fearful of being haunted by An-mei's mother, Wu Tsing promise to raise An-mei and her brother as his honored children, and respect her mother as if she was his only wife.

a)

true

b)

false

20.

What did Ying-ying do when she realized her first husband was unfaithful?

a)

a. She confronted him and demanded a divorce.

b)

b. She left him and went back to her family.

c)

c. She pretended not to know and continued living with him.

d)

d. She sought revenge by having an affair herself.

21.

How did Lena's perception of her mother change after she learned about her mother's past?

a)

a. She saw her mother as a weak and helpless woman.

b)

b. She began to understand her mother's strength and resilience.

c)

c. She felt embarrassed by her mother's history.

d)

d. She became more distant from her mother.

22.

What was the significance of the vase that broke in Lena's home?

a)

a. It symbolized the fragility of Lena's marriage.

b)

b. It was a family heirloom that held sentimental value.

c)

c. It represented Lena's mother's broken dreams.

d)

d. It was a gift from Lena's father.

23.

Why did Waverly Jong want to go to China?

a)

She wanted to be among other people who looked like her.

b)

She wanted to escape the boredom of San Francisco.

c)

She wanted a second honeymoon

d)

She wanted to go there to please her mother.

24.

Why did Waverly especially want to be Chinese?

a)

She wanted to be like her mom

b)

It was "fashionable"

c)

She was trying to marry a traditional Chinese man

d)

Because she enjoyed her heritage

25.

Why couldn’t Lindo's children have American circumstances and Chinese character?

a)

They do not mix

b)

Because God willed it not to be so

c)

Because they have minds of their own

d)

They do not understand both cultures.

26.

Who first taught Lindo about America?

a)

A concubine she met in France

b)

Her best friend

c)

Her mother

d)

An American-raised Chinese girl in Peking

27.

In ch15, Lindo gets a job in a fortune cookie factory. What was the fortune inside the cookie that Lindo gave to Tin, her future husband?

a)

“A house is not home when a spouse is not at home.”

b)

"Hello handsome!"

c)

"I like you"

d)

An emoji smile and heart