Jing-mei Woo "The Joy Luck Club" (Ch. 1 JLC)

Who is the author of The Joy Luck Club?

• Lindo Jong

• Jing-Mei Woo

• An-mei Hsu

• Amy Tan

What is mah jong?

• A song

• A book

• A table

• A game

How many people are needed to play mah jong?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

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" of 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

Where is Kweilin?

• Canada

• United States of America

• China

• Japan

When Jing-Mei's mother was in Kweilin, who was at war?

• China and Japan

• China and the United States of America

• Germany and Japan

• Europe and Asia

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

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"

What surprising information did Jing-Mei finally learn from her mother's story about leaving Kweilin?

• She realized that her mother had been a shop girl in Kweilin.

• She realized that her mother's family had been royalty.

• She realized that her mother had left two daughters behind.

• She realized that her mother was a liar.

What themes are suggested by the fable about the woman and the swan?

• Complex mother/daughter relationships

• The different barriers that impede communication

• The clash of two different cultures

• The difference between what one hopes for and what actually happens

• All of the above