The Joy Luck Club Part 2 Quiz Review

What was “the art of invisible strength” that Waverly’s mother taught her?

• It was a special strength that comes from angels.

• It was the strength that comes from lifting weights.

• It was a strategy for winning arguments and gaining respect from others.

• It was a way of never losing even one chess tournament.

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How did Waverly’s mother demonstrate the art of invisible strength?

• She gave Waverly a gift of salted plums precisely because she kept quiet and didn’t request them.

• She ignored Waverly and never praised her.

• She showed Waverly how muscular her body was getting.

• She remained silent for seven days straight.

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How did Waverly learn to play expert chess?

• She took classes through a kind of community center.

• In the beginning she taught herself and then she played with Lau Po.

• Her brother Winston taught her.

• Her mother taught her.

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What would Waverly's mother say when she attended Waverly's chess exhibition games outdoors?

• Is my daughter the chess master?

• Is funny game.

• Is luck.

• Chess is so silly.

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Why did Waverly run away?

• She ran away because her mother was embarrassing her and showing off.

• She was tired of being made to play in chess tournaments.

• She had told her mother that the next time she didn't get her own way, she would run away.

• She felt that her skills as a great chess player weren't being appreciated properly.

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How did Waverly's mother treat her when she returned home after running away?

• She was totally apologetic and gave Waverly anything she wanted.

• She talked with Waverly about solving her problems.

• She promised not to cause any more problems for Waverly.

• She treated her as though she didn't exist.

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What was Waverly's mother's view of "rules"?

• She believed that people from foreign countries must learn the American "rules."

• She believed that the rules were a way of tricking foreigners into making mistakes.

• She believed that rules were made to be broken.

• She believed that rules applied to grownups but not to children.

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At the end of the story, who is Waverly's imaginary chess opponent?

• Lau Po

• Her brother Winston

• Her father

• Her mother

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What makes Rose sure that her mother knows the Bible is still under a table leg in her kitchen?

• because her mother mentions it often.

• because her mother is not the greatest housekeeper and yet the Bible is still clean white after twenty years.

• because the Bible is there in plain sight.

• because she has caught her mother reading it.

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How did the decision making start and then change in Rose's marriage?

• At first she decided everything but then her husband took over.

• At first her husband decided everything but then he lost a malpractice lawsuit and wanted her to make all of the decisions for them.

• At first she and her husband decided everything equally but then he wouldn't let her make any decisions.

• At first they voted on everything but later they drew straws to see who would get to make a decision.

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