A Rice Husband Joy Luck Club

How did Lindo Jong become engaged to her future husband, Tyan-yu?

• A match was arranged through a matchmaker when Lindo was two and Tyan-yu was only one

• Tyan-yu's family paid Lindo's family for her

• Tyan-yu met Lindo in college and they instantly fell in love

• Tyan-yu's mother and Lindo's mother were best friends

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How did Lindo Jong free herself from her marriage without breaking her promise?

• She faked a dream about her ancestors

• She secretly fled the country without telling anyone

• She waited for her husband to die

• She made her mother-in-law's life so unbearable that the marriage was called off

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Why was Lindo Jong forced to stay behind when the rest of her family had moved to Wushi?

• She was 12 years old and therefore old enough to separate from her family.

• She was promised to another family as a bride

• She was attending boarding school

• Her family no longer wanted her

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Which of these is NOT a way that Tyan-yu made Lindo cry on the first night she lived in his house?

• Complained that the soup was not hot enough

• Spilled the bowl "on accident"

• Waited until she sat down to demand more rice

• Asked why she had such an unpleasant face

• Complained that she smelled

When did Suyuan Woo first create the Joy Luck Club?

• After she immigrated to the U.S. and joined a church to learn English.

• In 1949 in San Francisco with three other families.

• During World War II in the refugee camp.

• Suyuan Woo did not create the Joy Luck Club, Lindo Jong did.

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What promise did Lindo make to herself on her wedding day?

• That she would always remember her parents' wishes but would never forget herself

• That she would start to put herself first instead of her family's wishes

• That she would one day escape the situation she was in

• That she would teach her daughter how to stand up for herself

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What did Lindo use to "prove" that her marriage was rotting?

• A small mole on Tyan-yu's back

• Gray hair she found growing after the marriage ceremony

• The red candle

• A large bruise that had formed on her stomach

What lesson does Lindo learn over the course of this story?

• That some promises are meant to be broken

• That she is able to determine her own path in life

• To stay strong and true to herself in the face of adversity

• That things will always work out in the end

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Who does Tyan-yu end up with?

• Lindo

• The matchmaker's assistant

• The servant girl

• No one

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Why was Jing Mei Woo taking part in the Joy Luck Club?

• Because they needed extra players

• To learn to play Mah Jong

• Her mother passed away, she was replacing her

• She liked a boy in the club