Angel Island Immigration
Where was Angel Island Immigration located?
San Francisco
Who told An-mei that her mother was a ghost?
Her grandmother
Where was Amy Tan born?
Oakland, California
What emotion was the mother portraying in the photo when she was first released from Angel Island Immigration Station?
Scared
What game do the members of the Joy Luck Club play?
Mahjong
About 740 acres
the hunter
True or false - Amy Tan has always loved and accepted her Chinese heritage.
False - when she was young she tried to fight being Chinese.
How long was the mother at the immigration station?
Three weeks
At Suyuan and Jung-mei's New Year's dinner party, what is wrong with one of the crabs?
It's missing a leg
What did it function as (2 possible answers)
An immigration and deportation facility
What was a "ghost" referring to?
Anything that was forbidden to talk about.
When was Amy Tan born?
February 19, 1952
True or false - The photo of Ying-ying St. Clair was taken a few weeks after she was released from Angel Island Immigration Station.
False - it was taken right after she was released.
Her brother got it as a gift at a church Christmas party.
Around how many Chinese and Japanese immigrants were held under oppressive conditions?
Around 175,000 Chinese and 60,000 Japanese.
Who was the "tiger ghost"?
Lena St. Clair
True or false - One of the characters in the book has the same name is Amy Tan.
True - An Mei is Amy Tan's Chinese name.
What did the immigration station end up declaring the mother?
A displaced person
What does An-mei put under one of the legs of her kitchen table to keep it from wobbling?
A bible
How long did they have to stay there before being allowed to enter the US?
Up to 6 months
Finish the quote:
"If you take your daughter, she will become like you. No face. Never able to ____ ____ ____ ____," (four word answer)
Lift up her head
How many kids in her grade were Chinese when she was in fourth grade.
One
Finish the quote:
"If you are Chinese, you must say you admire their schools, their ways of thinking. You must say you want to be a _______ and come back to teach Chinese people what you have learned."
scholar
What is deceptive about the necklace that Second Wife gives to An-mei?
Its glass, not pearl