The Joy Luck Club: The Red Candle

What does the red candle symbolize

• The passion between Lindo and her husband

• The future of Lindo's marriage

• It's just a red candle

• The power of Lindo and Tyuan-Yu's marriage

Why did Lindo move in with Huang TaiTai when she was 12 years old?

• Her parents didn't want her at home

• A flood ruined her old family home

• She actually wanted to go

• She was forced to go

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Why was Tyuan-Yu Lindo's husband?

• She fell in love with him

• She thought he would be a good husband for her children

• She was forced into an arranged marriage with him at 2 years old

• Her and Tyuan-Yu's parents decided that they would be a good match and had them meet when the flood hit

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How was Lindo treated like a slave when she first moved into her husband's home?

• She had to cook their food

• She had to do their chores

• She had to maintain the zen garden

• She had to take care of the family pets

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During her stay at her husband's home, what was she instructed to learn?

• How to do her job correctly

• How to make better food

• She was already a perfect wife

• How to be the perfect wife for Tyuan-Yu

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Why did Lindo cry the first night she lived at her husband's home? Who made her cry?

• She dropped the dishes as she was serving food

• Huang TaiTai

• Tyuan-Yu spilled the soup and didn't like it

• Tyuan-Yu

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What was the promise Lindo made to herself on her wedding day

• She promised to be the perfect wife

• She promised to keep her parent's wish and to act like she was happy and not disgrace her family

• She promised to keep her parents wish but thought her own wishes were more important

• She promised to never disgrace her family

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What lie did the matchmaker tell?

• He said the candles burned all night

• He said that he lost the candles

• He said both of them will not love each other until the end

• There was never a matchmaker

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How did Lindo manage to escape from Tyuan-Yu and Huang TaiTai?

• She convinced them that their marriage has rotted and that a servant girl was his true wife

• She crawled through a window in the middle of the night and ran for it

• She fought her way out

• She convinced Huang TaiTai that Tyuan-Yu never wanted to have a child with her

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What happened on the festival of pure brightness?

• Lindo found her true love

• Lindo returned back to her family and they greeted her with a big dinner

• Lindo found her true identitiy

• Lindo was caught and brought back to Huang TaiTai's house

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