Joy
Luck
Club
Part
One
100

Which story has a different ending each time it is told?

The Kweilin Story

100

How did Suyuan die?

Cerebral Aneurysm

100

What game does the JLC play at their meetings?

Mah Jong

100
How much money did the aunties give Jing-Mei?

$1,200

100

Who is the author of The Joy Luck Club?

Amy Tan

200

Where did the stories of the mothers take place?

China (Kweilin)

200

How does Jing-Mei's father think his wife died?

He thinks her thoughts killed her.

200

Aside from playing Mah Jong, what two activities take place during JLC meetings?

Feast and Stories

200

How do members of the San Francisco JLC eat?

Like they are starving.

200

Each "story" in JLC begins with a .........

Parable.
300

Where do the stories of the daughters take place?

San Francisco

300

What is Jing-Mei's nickname?

June

300

Who founded the JLC?

Suyuan Woo

300

Jing-Mei is a prodigy in which instrument?

Piano

300

Suyuan is a caring parent, but she is overly....

Critical

400

How many JLC's have there been?

Two

400

What side of the table did Suyuan sit at?

The east.

400

June is in constant competition with this person...

Waverly.

400

Jing-Mei has no desire to finish _______________ or to be ___________.

School .... married

400

Which profession did Jing-Mei go in to?

Advertising

500

Why was Jing-Mei taking place in the Joy Luck Club?

She was taking her mother's place.

500

What does Suyuan's place at the table symbolize?

The beginning.

500

Auntie An-Mei sits at which side of the table?

South

500

What information makes the aunties freak out?

That June feels as if she didn't know her mother at all.

500

What surprising information did Jing-Mei learn from the Kweilin Story?

That she has twin siblings she has never met