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The Joy Luck Club got its name because the hope to be lucky was the only joy of the four women in the club. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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At meetings of the Joy Luck Club, dyansyin foods were served to remind the women of their lives in China before they came to the United States. |
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| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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There were four members of the Joy Luck Club because |
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| | A) | that is how many people are needed to play mah jong. |
| | B) | the speaker wanted one player for each corner of her mah jong table. |
| | C) | the speaker only wanted to include her very best friends. |
| | D) | other women declined to join the club. |
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4 | |
The hostess of the Joy Luck Club might serve all of the following except |
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| | A) | dumplings. |
| | B) | oranges. |
| | C) | roast duck. |
| | D) | long rice noodles. |
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5 | |
The speaker started the Joy Luck Club |
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| | A) | to raise money for her family and the families of her friends. |
| | B) | so that she and her friends could eat a nice meal once a week. |
| | C) | to make the most of her new mah jong table. |
| | D) | so that she and her friends would have a distraction from the condition in which they lived. |
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The members of the Joy Luck Club do all of the following except |
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| | A) | play mah jong. |
| | B) | sing traditional songs. |
| | C) | tell stories. |
| | D) | raise money. |
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7 | |
The speaker's mah jong table is made of |
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| | A) | glass. |
| | B) | formica. |
| | C) | red wood. |
| | D) | marble. |
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8 | |
All of the Joy Luck Club members |
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| | A) | had great sadness in their lives in China. |
| | B) | learned to speak fluent English. |
| | C) | were elderly women when the club began. |
| | D) | became missionaries for their church. |
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9 | |
The Joy Luck Club held its parties |
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| | A) | daily. |
| | B) | weekly. |
| | C) | monthly. |
| | D) | twice a year. |
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What fine food we treated ourselves to with our meager allowances! He did the best he could with his meager salary. Meager means: |
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| | A) | large or excessive |
| | B) | shrinking, rapidly decreasing |
| | C) | greatly reduced |
| | D) | insufficient in quantity or quality |
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We ate sparingly, not as if we didn't have enough, but to protest how we could not eat another bite, we had already bloated ourselves from earlier in the day. During the drought we were all encouraged to use water very sparingly. Sparingly means: |
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| | A) | with enthusiasm |
| | B) | often, but in small amounts |
| | C) | whenever possible |
| | D) | carefully, with discretion |
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We ate sparingly, not as if we didn't have enough, but to protest how we could not eat another bite, we had already bloated ourselves from earlier in the day. I wasn't used to eating such a large dinner and afterwards I felt very bloated. Bloated means: |
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| | A) | made abnormally large |
| | B) | obliged to eat excessive amounts |
| | C) | starved |
| | D) | made tired from overeating |
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My table was from my family and was of a very fragrant red wood, not what you call rosewood, but hong mu, which is so fine there's no English word for it. The flowers were beautiful, but they were a little too fragrant and she found herself sneezing often. Fragrant means: |
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| | A) | excessively sweet |
| | B) | having an odor |
| | C) | cracked or rotting |
| | D) | likely to decay |
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But to despair was to wish back for something already lost. We were down by fifteen points in the fourth quarter, but the coach told us not to despair. Despair means: |
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| | A) | to lose hope |
| | B) | to triumph |
| | C) | to quit |
| | D) | to protest bitterly |
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What was worse, we asked among ourselves, to sit and wait for our own deaths with proper somber faces?Or to choose our own happiness? My younger brother looked particularly somber on the last day of his summer vacation. Somber means: |
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| | A) | unlikely to change |
| | B) | resigned |
| | C) | gloomy or depressed |
| | D) | marked by denial |
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People thought we were wrong to serve banquets every week while many people in the city were starving, eating rats and, later, the garbage that the poorest rats used to feed on. As Michael's best man, I was forced to make a speech at the wedding banquet. Banquet means: |
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| | A) | an informal party |
| | B) | any family gathering |
| | C) | a long and involved performance |
| | D) | an elaborate meal, often in honor of a person (or people) |
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The hostess had to serve special dyansyin foods to bring good luck of all kinds-dumplings shaped like silver money ingots, long rice noodles for long life, boiled peanuts for conceiving sons, and of course, many good-luck oranges for a plentiful, sweet life. When we toured the United Sates Mint in Philadelphia we saw row after row of stacked silver ingots that would eventually be melted and used to make certain coins. Ingots means: |
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| | A) | metal that is cast into bars for storage or shipment |
| | B) | flat, irregular-shaped blocks |
| | C) | ancient coins |
| | D) | molds used to shape metal |
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The hostess had to serve special dyansyin foods to bring good luck of all kinds-dumplings shaped like silver money ingots, long rice noodles for long life, boiled peanuts for conceiving sons, and of course, many good-luck oranges for a plentiful, sweet life. The survivors of the shipwreck did not starve on the island because of the plentiful coconuts and tropical fruits. Plentiful means: |
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| | A) | lucky; filled with good fortune |
| | B) | fully as much as one needs or desires |
| | C) | excessive |
| | D) | easy to obtain |
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We feasted, we laughed, we played games, lost and won, we told the best stories. At the dinner following the wedding ceremony, guests feasted on chicken cordon bleu, asparagus in hollandaise sauce, chocolate mousse, and champagne. Feasted means: |
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| | A) | heartily ate a large, elaborately prepared meat |
| | B) | prepared a large, elaborate meal |
| | C) | delighted in |
| | D) | greedily gulped down a large meal |