The Joy Luck Club

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.

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.

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.

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.

Who is the author of The Joy Luck Club?

• Lindo Jong

• Jing-Mei Woo

• An-mei Hsu

• Amy Tan

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 her friends a diversion from the horrors of war

How does Jing-mei’s mother in The Joy Luck Club show her that she understands why she didn’t try harder at the piano?

• She doesn’t make her play at the recital.

• She stops talking about her to her friends.

• She takes an interest in her true hobbies.

• She gifts her their old piano as an adult.

At the end of The Joy Luck Club, how does the meaning of Suyuan’s name (Long-Cherished Wish) come true for her after her death?

• Her ashes are returned to China.

• All her daughters finally come together.

• Her husband turns her story into a book.

• Her daughter become a piano player.

During her trip to China in The Joy Luck Club, what food is Jing-mei surprised to see her Chinese relatives order at the hotel?

• Hamburgers and fries

• Tacos

• Chicken feet

• Sushi

What kind of dream did Jing-mei begin to have after learning that her half-sisters thought their mother was still alive in The Joy Luck Club?

• One where her sisters run away from her in despair.

• One where she gets lost in China.

• One where she is guided by her mother to see them.

• One where her sisters are dead, too.