The Joy Luck Club

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

• She tells them that she didn’t really love her mother.

• She tells them that her mother was much older than they had thought.

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

• She tells them that her mother was living under an assumed name.

How do the people at the San Francisco Joy Luck Club eat?

• very daintily

• as though they had been starving

• with many different utensils

• with much belching

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

• the secrets of the Woo family

• about her mother

• about America

• about how their mother didn’t want them

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

• that she won’t waste their money

• that she will tell her sisters everything about her mother

• that she will never tell her sisters that their mother is dead

• that she will take good care of her father

Why was An-mei told never to say her mother’s name?

• because it was too hard for a child to pronounce

• because to say her mother’s name was to spit on her father’s grave

• because the soldiers would come to get her mother if they heard her name

  spoken out loud

• because to say her mother’s name would mean her mother could return to

  the family

In the story, what does An-mei learn from her own mother?

• She learns that one’s love and respect for one’s mother is deep within one’s

  bones.

• She learns not to run away from home.

• She learns not to eat hot soup from a big kettle.

• She learns that under no circumstances should she ever quarrel with her

  uncle.

How many Joy Luck Clubs have there been?

• Sixteen

• Twelve

• One

• Two

What did An-mei’s mother do to become a ghost?

• She died.

• She became a Chinese gambler.

• She showed disrespect for her family.

• She forgot how to speak the Chinese language.

What did it mean in An-mei’s family to become a ghost?

• It meant that everyone was forbidden to talk about the person.

• It meant that the person could never return home.

• It meant that the person was shunned by all other females.

• It meant that a funeral was held for the person.

Why did An-mei’s grandmother say bad things about her own grandchildren?

• because she disliked their manners

• so that the ghosts would think the children were not worth stealing

• to make them mind her

• to frighten them into listening to her