Joy Luck Club

Why did Suyuan start the first Joy Luck Club?

• She wanted to make her neighbors jealous

• She wanted to win a lot of money

• She wanted to make lots of friends

• She wanted to create some sense of hope

At her first Joy Luck Club event, Jing-mei is subtly criticized for ___

• Getting a divorce

• Making a bad investment

• Dropping out of college

• Not having kids

In The Joy Luck Club, what city did the families immigrate to?

• Chicago

• San Francisco

• Los Angeles

• New York City

When An-mei and her husband returned to China in The Joy Luck Club, how did their relatives treat them?

• They cried and thanked them for their small gifts.

• They threw a grand party in their honor.

• They made them pay for a bunch of ridiculous things.

• All of the above

In the parable that precedes "Feathers from a Thousand Li Away," what bird does the woman buy from a vendor?

• A duck

• A swan

• A goose

• A parrot

When An-Mei went to live with her mother, what were she and her brother banned from doing?

• Looking at her aunt in the eye

• Speaking their mother's name

• Getting their own food

• Traveling alone

What did Suyuan lose when fleeing Kweilin?

• Her mah-jong table

• A swan

• Her twin baby girls

• The Chinese Farmer's Almanac

What news did the Joy Luck Club aunties have for Jing-Mei?

• They found her sisters

• Her mom is actually alive

• She was adopted

In the story Popo told An-mei, what was in the greedy girl's belly?

• A cantaloupe full of bees

• A baby

• Yards of red yarn

• A large white melon

What is causing the disconnect in the relationships between the mothers and daughters in the Joy Luck Club? Find evidence from your text and cite it following MLA format.