The Joy Luck Club

How did Lindo Jong become engaged to her future husband, Tyan-yu?

• A match was arranged through a matchmaker when Lindo was two and Tyan-yu was only one

• Tyan-yu's family paid Lindo's family for her

• Tyan-yu met Lindo in college and they instantly fell in love

• Tyan-yu's mother and Lindo's mother were best friends

What gift did Lindo's mother give to Lindo as the family moved away?

• A red jade necklace

• A swan

• A jade ring

• A red candle

Which of these is NOT a way that Tyan-yu made Lindo cry on the first night she lived in his house?

• Complained that the soup was not hot enough

• Spilled the bowl "on accident"

• Waited until she sat down to demand more rice

• Asked why she had such an unpleasant face

• Complained that she smelled

What promise did Lindo make to herself on her wedding day?

• That she would always remember her parents' wishes but would never forget herself

• That she would start to put herself first instead of her family's wishes

• That she would one day escape the situation she was in

• That she would teach her daughter how to stand up for herself

What lie did the matchmaker's servant tell?

• She said that the candle had burned at both ends all night long

• She said that the candle had never been lit

• She said that the candle had only burned at one end throughout the night

• She said that Lindo had sabotaged the candle

What did Lindo use to "prove" that her marriage was rotting?

• A small mole on Tyan-yu's back

• Gray hair she found growing after the marriage ceremony

• The red candle

• A large bruise that had formed on her stomach

What lesson does Lindo learn over the course of this story?

• That some promises are meant to be broken

• That she is able to determine her own path in life

• To stay strong and true to herself in the face of adversity

• That things will always work out in the end

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

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

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”