A Rice Husband Joy Luck Club

How does Jing-mei’s mother in The Joy Luck Club show her that she understands why she didn’t try harder at the piano?

• She doesn’t make her play at the recital.

• She stops talking about her to her friends.

• She takes an interest in her true hobbies.

• She gifts her their old piano as an adult.

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Which direction of the table was Suyuan's place and is now Jing-mei's?

• North

• South

• East

• West

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What kind of dream did Jing-mei begin to have after learning that her half-sisters thought their mother was still alive in The Joy Luck Club?

• One where her sisters run away from her in despair.

• One where she gets lost in China.

• One where she is guided by her mother to see them.

• One where her sisters are dead, too.

When Waverly, with her previous husband, elopes, what does Waverly’s mother throw at them?

• a bible

• a shoe

• a rock

• a frying pan

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In the "Rice Husband" chapter, what does the vase symbolize?

• the empty bowl of rice

• their marriage

• their engagement

• their unborn baby

Why was Jing-mei woo 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

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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 her friends had nothing else to do

• to giver herself and some friends a diversion from the horrors of war

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Why did "the aunties" give Jing-mei $1200 in an envelope?

• They collected the money so that Jing-mei could goto China and meet her half-sisters.

• They won the money in a state lottery and wanted Jing-mei to have it.

• They had borrowed the money from Jing-mei's mother and were paying it back.

• Jing-mei won the mohjong game.

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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.

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What does the chapter title 'Rice Husband' symbolize in The Joy Luck Club?

• A) The expectations of marriage

• B) The financial struggles of the family

• C) The cultural differences between generations

• D) The importance of food in Chinese culture

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