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Joy Luck Club
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100
What game do the members of the Joy Luck Club play?
What is Mahjong?
100
What does Ying-ying say is wrong with the St. Clairs’ apartment?
It is not balanced
100
What gift from Rich does Waverly show to her mother?
A mink coat
100
What does An-mei’s mother tell her to do rather than cry?
Swallow her tears and suppress her grief
100
What is Ying-ying’s first step in trying to make Lena realize the problems with her marriage and do something about them?
She knocks over the rickety coffee table that Lena’s husband had made in his student days, shattering the vase that had been sitting on top of it
200
How did An-mei Hsu receive the scar on her neck?
She was burned by hot soup
200
What is the name of Rose Hsu Jordan’s youngest brother?
Bing
200
What material element does An-mei say is lacking symbolically in Rose’s character?
Wood
200
What is deceptive about the necklace that Second Wife gives to An-mei?
It is glass, not pearl
200
What does An-mei use as a prop to keep her kitchen table from wobbling?
A white leatherette Bible
300
How does the red candle predict the success of Lindo and Tyan-yu’s marriage?
If it burns from both ends without going out, it will presage a happy marriage
300
How do Rose and An-mei return to the beach to look for Rose’s drowned brother?
An-mei drives them in the family car, even though, to Rose’s knowledge, she has never driven before
300
What is the name of the pendant that Suyuan gives to Jing-mei?
Her “life’s importance”
300
What measures does Suyuan take to try to ensure that her twin daughters are returned to her after the war with Japan?
She writes the address of her family home in Shanghai on the backs of family photographs and stuffs the photos into the babies’ clothing
300
What does Lindo call Waverly’s psychiatrist?
A “psyche-atricks”
400
What happens to the red candle (with Lindo)?
Lindo blows it out, but the servant lights it again out of fear that she will be punished for negligence
400
Why doesn’t Jing-mei’s piano teacher, Mr. Chong, insist that she play the correct notes?
He is deaf
400
What is wrong with one of the crabs that Suyuan and Jing-mei buy for their New Year’s dinner?
It is missing a leg
400
What does Jing-mei eat for her first meal in China?
Hamburgers, french fries, and apple pie
400
Where does Suyuan meet her husband, Canning?
In a hospital in China
500
What does Ying-ying’s Amah teach her that girls should do?
They should never ask questions or make requests, but only listen
500
What does Ying-ying say when Lena fails to eat every last grain of rice in her bowl?
She tells Lena that every grain of rice she fails to eat will become a pock mark on the face of her future husband
500
Why does Suyuan end up not eating any crab at all during the celebration?
Waverly takes the best specimen for her daughter, leaving for Suyuan what she had anticipated would be “extra”—the lamed, “unlucky” crab
500
What distressed Lindo about her recent trip to China?
She realized that people could recognize her as an American
500
What is the source of Waverly’s first chess set?
Her brother receives it as a gift at a church Christmas party