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The Joy Luck Club Notes Questions and Answers Jing Mei Woo is the daughter of __ Woo, who started the Joy Luck Club. Jing Mei's American name is __. Suyuan; June Jing Mei's father asked her to be the 4th corner of the Joy Luck Club mahjong table after her mother died. Her corner was in the...

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The Joy Luck Club Notes Questions and
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Jing Mei Woo is the daughter of __ Woo, who started the Joy Luck Club. Jing Mei's
American name is __. - answer Suyuan; June

Jing Mei's father asked her to be the 4th corner of the Joy Luck Club mahjong table
after her mother died. Her corner was in the __ direction, where things begin. - answer
East

The organization, who got its name from the hope of becoming lucky (which was their
joy), created by Suyuan Woo in Kweilin with 3 other women to escape the fear &
uncertainty of the war between China & Japan by playing mahjong, feasting, and telling
stories is known as the - answer Joy Luck Club

Jing Mei Woo's mother was a refugee who carried her valuables & 2 babies in a __ to
Chungking until it broke. She lightened her load & only had __ __ __. Then, she wore
them & the 2 babies were slung across her __. - answer wheelbarrow; 3 silk dresses;
shoulder

Jing Mei's mother lost her 2 babies, who were Jing Mei's half-sisters. They sent her
money so she could travel to __ __ & visit them for the first time. There, Jing-Mei will tell
them about Suyuan, which even she doesn't know about. - answer Hong Kong

Who did Suyuan Woo want her daughter to be like? What was Jing Mei criticized for? -
answer Waverly Jong; not finishing college

An-mei Hsu's grandmother, Popo, told her that her mother was a ghost. What did this
mean? What did this cause? - answer anything forbidden to talk about; her to forget
about her mother completely.

When An-Mei Hsu's mother loosened her braids, brushed her hair, & felt her smooth-
neck scar, her mother cried. How did An-mei get her scar? Where did it occur? - answer
boiling soup pot wavered & spilled on her neck when she was 4; at dinner when her
mother arrived to take her daughter back

When Popo was dying, what did An-Mei Hsu's mother cook Popo as an attempt to heal
her? What were some ingredients? What happened to Popo? - answer soup; herbs,
medicines, flesh from An-mei Hsu's mother's arm; "flew away with her illness" (died)

What happened to Lindo Jong when she was only 2? Who was Huang Taitai? Who was
Lindo betrothed to? - answer matchmaker came to family; Lindo Jong's future
mother-in-law; Tyan-yu (baby)

, What does Tyan-yu mean & how does his family treat him? - answer sky-leftovers;
watch carefully, make all decisions, spoiled

Lindo Jong left her family when she was ___ because her house was damaged by a
___ from the Fen River. She went to live with Tyan-yu's family, where she was treated
as a __. - answer 12; flood; servant

What was Lindo Jong's dowry to the Huangs? - answer heavy furniture & bedding

Lindo Jong was married at __. How did she feel? How many people came? Why? -
answer 16; crying; barely any; Japanese invaded & lightning & thunder caused
confusion of bombs

What is the red candle & what does it promise? What did it look like? - answer
marriage bond; can't divorce/ remarry after spouse dies; 2 ends, carved names of
couple

A __ watched the red candle, but thunder scared her off. If no ends blow out, the
marriage is ___. Lindo Jong blew the candle out. After positive announcements, Lindo
realized she must have __ the wick since she wasn't watching it. - answer servant;
imperishable; relit

Did Lindo Jong ever provide a grandchild for Huang Taitai? - answer no

What plan did Lindo Jong make to escape her marriage without breaking her family's
promise? - answer nightmare; ancestors said candle blew tyan's end out; observed
grandpa's painting & said planted black spot on his back to kill him (mole), her teeth fall
out until she couldn't protest about leaving (rotted tooth from 4 years ago), servant girl
had imperial blood (tyan's true wife)

Ying-Ying St. Clair kept so quiet throughout her life that even her daughter doesn't see
or hear her. This was because of her fear of voicing __ __. - answer selfish desires.

Who is the Moon Lady Ying-Ying St. Clair is so excited to see when she was 4? -
answer lady who lives on moon & grants secret wish if one sees her on special date

Amah, Ying-ying's nurse, dressed her in a silk yellow outfit with black bands, but
stripped it off her when she covered herself in __ __. - answer turtle blood

Ying-ying St. Clair fell overboard, but fishermen caught her in their __. After trying to
help find her family, they brought her __. Feeling alone & lost Ying-ying watched a play
being staged about the Moon Lady, & recalled her wish to be __. - answer net;
ashore; found

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