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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many mothers comprise the Joy Luck Club in the story?
(a) 7
(b) 5
(c) 4
(d) 6
2. When Jing-Mei has a revelation while staring at herself in the bathroom mirror as a child, how does she describe the girl who is staring back at her?
(a) Angry, powerful
(b) Broken, ashamed
(c) Confused, lost
(d) Soft, radiant
3. By the time that Jing-Mei is preparing to play in the talent recital, her parents have bought her what kind of secondhand piano?
(a) A Steinway upright
(b) A Steinway grand
(c) A Förster upright
(d) A Wurlitzer spinet
4. How many sons does Auntie Lindo have in the story?
(a) 1
(b) 3
(c) 2
(d) 4
5. During what years did The Ed Sullivan Show air on television?
(a) 1941-1960
(b) 1960-1970
(c) 1929-1949
(d) 1948-1971
Short Answer Questions
1. When did the Japanese invasion of China take place, leading Jing-Mei’s mother to flee China?
2. What does Jing-Mei wear in her hair at the talent show?
3. Who performs first at the talent show where Jing-Mei makes her piano debut?
4. What word from the story means coolly unconcerned, indifferent, or unexcited?
5. Jing-Mei says to her mother as they argue over piano practice after the talent show, “I’ll never be the kind of daughter you want me to be!” Her mother responds, “Only two kinds of daughters.” What are these two kinds?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Jing-Mei feel as she prepares to perform at the talent show?
2. How do Suyuan Woo’s actions in the story encourage the wrong responses from her daughter? What effects does this have on Jing-Mei?
3. How does the central conflict of the story begin to manifest in Jing-Mei’s mind following her revelation in the mirror?
4. How does Jing-Mei describe her life as she passed from childhood to adulthood? In what ways does she say she disappointed her mother?
5. How does Jing-Mei respond to her mother’s comment about her to Auntie Lindo? What foreshadowing follows this scene?
6. How does Jing-Mei’s mother respond when Jing-Mei refuses to practice piano after the talent show?
7. How do Jing-Mei’s feelings about her mother’s ambitions begin to change early in the story? What causes her feelings to change?
8. In what ways does Suyuan Woo lack in communication with her daughter in the beginning of the story?
9. What does Jing-Mei discover about playing the piano as she begins her studies with Mr. Chong?
10. What do the Schumann songs at the end of the story represent symbolically?
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