Joy Luck Club

What do the aunties want Jing-mei to tell her sisters in China?

• They want to have her form the club with them

• They want her to tell them about themselves

• They want them to find her a husband

• They want her to tell them about their mother

What does Jing-mei promise the aunties at the end of the story?

• That she will become a doctor someday

• That they will be the only Joy Luck Club

• That she won't stay in China, she'll come back

• She promises that she will tell her sisters everything about her mother.

How many Joy Luck Clubs have there been?

• 6

• 8

• 1

• 2

What country does Jing-mei's family come from?

• India

• China

• Pakistan

• Japan

why did the aunties give Jing-mei $1,200 in an envelope?

• So that she can go to college

• Because her rent was due soon

• For her college graduation gift

• To go to China to meet her other sisters

What surprising thing does Jing-mei tell her aunties about her own mother?

• She tells them that she really doesn't know anything about her mother

• That her mother was evil and she won't tell them about that

• That she has no intentions of going to China

• That she plans on living with them in China

Who is the author of The Joy Luck Club?

• Lindo Jong

• Jing-Mei Woo

• An-mei Hsu

• Amy Tan

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

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 tone 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"