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TitleJoy Luck Club
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Jing-mei’s parents arrived in San Francisco
with a lot of baggage.
The Joy Luck Club started in San Francisco.
Jing-mei’s mother dreamed of Kweilin
before she saw it.
Kweilin was beautiful.
Jing-mei’s mother had to leave Kweilin
because she was pregnant.
Jing-mei’s mother took her mah-jong table
to Chungking.
Jing-mei’s mother travelled to Chungking by
train.
Jing-mei’s mother carried everything in a
wheelbarrow.
Jing-mei’s mother arrived in Chungking
with her daughters.
The two sisters in China are Jing-mei’s halfsisters.
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Put the following events in the right order. Number
them 1–10.
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Put the following events in the right order. Number
them 1–10.
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Suyuan Woo and her friends start to play
mah-jong in Kweilin.
Suyuan Woo arrives in Chungking.
Jing-mei is born.
Suyuan Woo marries again.
Suyuan Woo comes to San Francisco.
Suyuan Woo moves to Kweilin.
Suyuan Woo dies.
Suyuan Woo’s husband goes to war.
Suyuan Woo starts the San Francisco Joy
Luck Club.
Suyuan Woo leaves Kweilin.
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For Chinese people real gold is twenty-four
carats.
Lindo Jong was engaged at two.
Lindo Jong’s husband was older than her.
Lindo Jong’s family moved to the south
when she was twelve.
Lindo Jong married at twelve.
There was a lot of fighting at the time of
the wedding.
Lindo Jong was delighted to be married.
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Waverly learned to play chess.
Waverly decided to give up chess.
Waverly’s mother didn’t seem to mind that
she wasn’t playing.
Waverly ran away from her mother.
Waverly became national champion.
Waverly stopped playing completely.
Some old ladies gave Vincent a chess set.
Waverly continued to play chess but with no
confidence.
Waverly’s brothers learned to play chess.
Waverly discovered she could not see the
secret weapons of the chessmen.
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Lindo Jong’s matchmaker’s candle burnt all
night without going out.
When her mother-in-law discovered about
the candle she sent Lindo Jong away.
After her marriage ended, Lindo Jong went
to America.
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Lena heard a girl being killed next door.
Ted’s mother wanted him to marry Rose.
Rose’s mother wanted her to divorce.
Lena’s mother thought that the sea would
give Bing back.
Jing-mei’s mother always wanted her to be a
prodigy.
Jing-mei played badly at a concert.
Waverly is pleased that the hairdresser says
that she looks like her mother.
Jing-mei travelled to China with her mother.
Jing-mei’s mother had left a photograph
with the babies.
Jing-mei’s half-sisters were brought up in
the country.
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COMPREHENSION
TEST
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Amy
Author
Tan
The Joy Luck Club
Setting
14 As a child, Waverly Jong is very good at playing
_____.
a F tennis b F the violin c F the piano
d F chess
15 Rose Hsu Jordan finds it difficult to make _____
and her husband becomes angry with her.
a F cakes b F decisions c F friends d F tea
16 Jing-mei Woo feels angry as a child because she
thinks her mother wants her to be a _____.
a F doctor b F dentist c F prodigy
d F singer
17 Old Chong is Jing-mei Woo’s piano teacher who
is _____.
a F ill b F famous c F deaf d F blind
18 Ying-ying St Clair marries _____ man called
Clifford St Clair.
a F a Chinese b F an American
c F an Australian d F a Canadian
19 An-mei Hsu’s mother is a _____ who lives at the
house of a rich man called Wu Tsing.
a F maid b F servant c F teacher d F cook
20 Ying-ying St Clair killed her baby before it was
born because her husband _____.
a F often hit her b F was very ill
c F died d F abandoned her
Choose the best answer.
1 The mothers were born in _____.
a F America b F Canada c F China
d F Japan
2 The daughters were born in _____.
a F America b F Canada c F China
d F Japan
3 The book is about the relationship between _____.
a F mothers and sons b F fathers and sons
c F mothers and daughters d F sisters
4 The Joy Luck Club is in _____.
a F New York b F San Francisco
c F Los Angeles d F Chicago
5 At the Joy Luck Club, people play _____.
a F music b F tennis c F chess
d F mah jong
6 Suyuan Woo escapes from the town of Kweilin
during _____.
a F a terrible fire b F the war
c F a big storm d F a serious earthquake
7 The only mother who is dead is _____.
a F Suyuan Woo b F An-mei Hsu
c F Lindo Jong d F Ying-ying St Clair
8 An-mei Hsu grows up in a house with her _____.
a F sister b F daughter c F cousin
d F grandmother
9 At the end, Jing-mei Woo goes on a trip to _____.
a F France b F China c F Japan
d F Thailand
10 Jing-mei Woo goes to see her sisters that she
_____.
a F met recently b F met last year
c F met a long time ago d F hasn’t met before
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Dialogue
Who said or wrote this?
21 ‘Never say her name. To say her name is to spit
on your father’s grave.’
a F An-mei Hsu b F Popo c F Yan Chang
d F Wu Tsing
22 ‘This is my bed. You sleep on the sofa.’
a F Waverly Jong b F Lindo Jong
c F Huang Taitai d F Tyan-yu
23 ‘I have a wish! I have one!’
a F Ying-ying St Clair b F Amah
c F Mama d F The Moon Lady
24 ‘Why do you have to use me to show off?’
a F Rich Schields b F Shoshana
c F Lindo Jong d F Waverly Jong
25 ‘I just don’t think you should make me pay for
your ice cream any more.’
a F Ying-ying St Clair b F Lena St Clair
c F Harold d F Auntie Suyuan
26 ‘Sign in these four places. Here’s a check to
cover your bills until things are finalized.’
a F Rose Hsu Jordan b F An-mei Hsu
c F Ted Jordan d F Ted Jordan’s mother
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Characters
Choose the best answer.
11 Suyuan Woo leaves her _____ because she can’t
carry them any longer.
a F twin daughters b F twin sisters
c F three daughters d F son and daughter
12 Jing-mei Woo takes her mother’s place at the
_____ table.
a F dinner b F breakfast c F mah jong
d F table tennis
13 _____ is married to Tyan-yu at a young age.
a F Lindo Jong b F Waverly Jong
c F Huang Tatai d F Popo
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M U LT I P L E - C H O I C E
TEST
Amy Tan
M U LT I P L E - C H O I C E
TEST
The Joy Luck Club
Amy Tan
27 ‘Listen, June, I don’t know how to tell you this,
but – well, we decided your work was
unacceptable.’
a F Suyuan Woo b F Mr Chong, the piano
teacher c F Waverly Jong d F Jing-mei Woo
28 ‘He’s brought home a new wife, a girl with no
manners, from the muddy backstreets!’
a F An-mei Hsu’s mother b F Popo
c F Yan Chang d F Wu Tsing
29 ‘Please take care of these babies with the money
and valuables provided.’
a F Lindo Jong b F Canning Woo
c F Suyuan Woo d F Jing-mei Woo
30 ‘Little Sister has grown up.’
a F Canning Woo b F Suyuan Woo’s twin
daughters c F Jing-mei Woo d F Suyuan
Woo
40 two children born at the same time to the same
mother
a F cousins b F twins c F infants
d F toddlers
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Plot
Choose the best answer.
41 The aunties at the Joy Luck Club decide to pay
for Jing-mei Woo to _____.
a F go to an expensive restaurant b F get
married c F go to China d F buy clothes
42 One night, the young Ying-ying St Clair gets her
clothes very dirty and then falls _____.
a F into a lake b F out of the window
c F into some mud d F over a wall
43 Ying-ying St Clair becomes very unhappy after
she loses _____.
a F her grandmother b F her sick husband
c F her older daughter d F her baby son
44 Every night, Lena St Clair hears her _____
arguing and shouting.
a F parents b F neighbours c F friends
d F brothers
45 Rose Hsu Jordan can’t forget that she allowed
her brother Bing to _____.
a F jump on a bus b F run under a car
c F play with fire d F fall into the sea
46 An-mei Hsu’s mother arrives one day and takes
An-mei away from her _____.
a F grandfather b F father c F uncle, aunt
and brother d F twin sisters
47 An-mei Hsu’s mother _____ before New Year.
a F kills herself with poison b F gets married
again c F runs away to Hong Kong d F buys
some new silk dresses
48 One night, Jing-mei Woo plays the piano very
_____ at a special concert.
a F beautifully b F quietly c F badly
d F quickly
49 When Jing-mei Woo goes to China, she feels
that she is becoming _____.
a F more American b F more Chinese
c F ill d F unhappy
50 Jing-mei Woo’s twin sisters seem very _____
when they meet her.
a F happy b F angry c F sad d F shy
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Vocabulary
Choose the best answer.
31 a person in your family who lived a long time
ago
a F relative b F ancestor c F descendant
d F concubine
32 a formal or legal agreement between two people
a F relationship b F signature
c F friendship d F contract
33 a piece of cloth worn around the neck
a F sack b F sock c F scarf d F sheet
34 a mark on the skin which is left after a cut has
healed
a F print b F nail c F vein d F scar
35 a small animal, with long ears
a F rabbit b F rat c F mouse d F turtle
36 when something is cooked in the oven
a F boiled b F roasted c F toasted
d F fried
37 clever, intelligent and quick-thinking
a F sensitive b F smart c F simple
d F sincere
38 a young child who has a great ability
a F loser b F winner c F prodigy
d F hero
39 to behave in a boastful way
a F show in b F show out c F show up
d F show off
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