WorksheetsScar the Joy Luck Club
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
The Joy Luck Club:
Why was Jing-mei taking part in the Joy Luck Club?
because she loved to play games with Chinese people
because her mother had died and she was asked by her father to be “the
fourth corner” at the game
because there were very high prizes for winning at the club
because she promised her mother to attend at least one meeting of the club
The Joy Luck Club:
How many Joy Luck Clubs have there been?
Sixteen
Twelve
One
Two
The Joy Luck Club:
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 some friends a diversion from the horrors of war
The Joy Luck Club:
Why did the women in the club call it Joy Luck?
because the women hoped to be lucky, and that hope was their only joy
because all of the good names for clubs were already taken
because they wanted to use some of their own initials in the club name
because “Joy Luck” in Chinese means “happy ladies”
The Joy Luck Club:
What surprising information did Jing-mei finally learn from her mother’s story about
leaving Kweilin?
She realized that her mother had been a shop girl in Kweilin.
She realized that her mother’s family had been royalty.
She realized that her mother had left her two daughters behind.
She realized that her mother was an inveterate liar.
The Joy Luck Club:
How do the people at the San Francisco Joy Luck Club eat?
very daintily
as though they had been starving
with many different utensils
with much belching
The Joy Luck Club:
Why did “the aunties” give Jing-mei $1200 in an envelope?
They collected the money so that Jing-mei could go to China and meet her
half-sisters.
They won the money in a state lottery and wanted Jing-mei to have it.
They had borrowed the money from Jing-mei and were paying it back.
They had owed the money to Jing-mei’s mother.
The Joy Luck Club:
What do “the aunties” want Jing-mei to tell her sisters in China?
the secrets of the Woo family
about her mother
about America
about how their mother didn’t want them
The Joy Luck Club:
What surprising thing does Jing-mei tell her “aunties” about her own mother?
She tells them that she didn’t really love her mother.
She tells them that her mother was much older than they had thought.
She tells them that she really doesn’t know anything about her mother.
She tells them that her mother was living under an assumed name.
The Joy Luck Club:
What does Jing-mei promise “the aunties” at the end of the story?
that she won’t waste their money
that she will tell her sisters everything about her mother
that she will never tell her sisters that their mother is dead
that she will take good care of her father
Scar:
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.
Scar:
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.
Scar:
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
Scar:
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.
Scar:
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.
Scar:
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 no respect for ancestors or family.
Scar:
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.
Scar:
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.
Scar:
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 An-
mei 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.
Scar:
What does An-mei’s mother do to show her love and respect for her own mother?
She bows deeply and calls her by a special name.
She gets up early in the morning and fixes her a special meal.
She returns to her family and cuts off a piece of her own flesh, puts it in a
soup, and serves it to her dying mother.
She agrees to stay away from her daughter forever.
Scar:
In the story, what does An-mei learn from her own mother?
She learns that one’s love and respect for one’s mother is deep within one’s
bones.
She learns not to run away from home.
She learns not to eat hot soup from a big kettle.
She learns that under no circumstances should she ever quarrel with her
uncle.
