1: June joins the Joy Luck Club when what happens?
a. Her mother dies
b. She finds herself out of a job and thinks the social club will pass the time
c. She turns 35
d. She becomes a wife
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2: The Joy Luck Club gets together to eat Chinese delicacies and play
a. bocce
b. mah jong
c. Chinese checkers
d. jai alai
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3: Suyuan shocks Jing-mei by revealing that when she (Suyuan) left China, she was forced to abandon all that she had, including
a. a jade pendant she called "life's importance"
b. her true name
c. her two baby daughters; Jing-mei's half sisters
d. her position of aristocracy
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4: June's first feelings toward the Joy Luck Club are feelings of
a. enlightenment, as she yearns to discover her Chinese heritage
b. sorrow, as she realizes that she will never be Chinese, but only American
c. shame, as she considers the women's dress and customs strange and outdated
d. remorse, as she realizes how little she knew of her mother
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5: Lindo found peace upon realizing that while others could own her body, only she could access her soul, her true identity. This helped Lindo come to terms with her
a. loveless, arranged marriage
b. abusive parents
c. life as a number five concubine
d. country's fall to Communism
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6: The Moon Lady becomes visible on one day only, and on that day she can fulfill one secret. Ying-ying's wish was to be
a. lost
b. found
c. honored
d. released
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7: About whom did Waverly say, "I could see the yellow lights shining from our flat like two tiger's eyes in the night"?
a. Jing-mei
b. her husband, Rich Shields
c. Popo
d. her mother, Lindo
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8: Who says, "I saw these things with my Chinese eyes, the part of me I got from my mother?"
a. Rose
b. Waverly
c. Popo
d. Lena
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9: Lena and her successful but miserly husband Harold have an argument about
a. purchasing a home that they can't afford
b. his hatred of a table she made in architectural school
c. which of them should pay for their cat's flea treatment
d. whether or not she caused Arnold's death
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10: Waverly interprets Lindo's remark about which of Rich's features as an insult?
a. the scars on his legs from playing soccer
b. his freckles
c. his blond hair
d. his smile
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11: Rose's mother describes her as
a. without wood, meaning that she bends in all directions and cannot stand alone
b. without fire, meaning that she lacks the courage to stand up for herself
c. without wind, meaning that she lacks a voice to stand up for herself
d. without a greenskeeper, meaning that like a rose garden would, she's gone wild from neglect
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12: Waverly is afraid to go to China for her honeymoon with Rich because she is
a. casting a blind eye to the poverty of her ancestors
b. determined that her husband see her as American, not Chinese
c. afraid of connecting with her mother's heritage
d. afraid she will blend in so well that she won't be allowed to return to America.
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13: When An-mei asks Lindo, "Did you ever think you would be so powerful that you could determine some one else's fortune?" she is referring to the fact that Lindo
a. worked in a fortune cookie factory
b. is a mother, able to shape the life of her daughter
c. is an astrologer
d. is not afraid to stand on her own two feet; and is thus the leader of the Joy Luck Club
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14: Jing-mei finally finds her identity, and her heritage, when she
a. discovers the true meaning of a jade pendant, which her mother called "life's importance"
b. travels to China to meet her twin half sisters
c. accepts that her destiny is to be a part of the Joy Luck Club
d. finally develops the ability to trust herself
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