Joy Luck Club- Woo Family Quiz Questions
What are the two different Chinese meanings of SUYUAN, Jing-mei's mom's name?
"Long Cherished Wish" and "Long-Held Grudge"
who has kept her "new" furniture wrapped in yellow plastic for almost twenty-five years?
Auntie An-mei
How did the half-sisters learn that their mother was dead?
Auntie Lindo wrote a letter telling them
How did Jing-mei learn the details of what happened to her half-sisters?
Canning told her or her dad
Who is Jing-Mei Woo (June)?
Daughter of Suyuan and Canning Woo.36 years old. Newest member of the JLC, takes the east side during mahjong games. Completes Suyuan's cherished wish.
What is Jing-mei's "life's importance" gift from her mother? and what does this symbolize?
It is a jade pendant on a gold chain.and it symbolizes her Chinese heritage.
What is The Joy Luck Club about? and When did it start?
It started in 1949 and was compose of 4 families. The purpose was for holding parties and pretending each week had become the new year. Each week they could forget past wrongs done to them. they weren't allowed to think a bad though. They feasted, they laughed, they played games, lost games,lost and won and told stories. and each week they hoped to be lucky that hope was their only joy and thats how they called their little parties Joy Luck.
Who's Mr. Chong?
Jing-Mei's deaf piano teacher
What is the reason for Jing Mae rebeling against her mom and not taking piano seriously?
Jing-mei is tired of her mother forcing her to be something that she is not. She realizes that being a prodigy is her mother's dream, not hers.
What does the crab leg symbolize?Why did Jing-mei's mother not want to keep the crab that had lost a leg?
Jing-mei's best/worst quality.Because a missing leg on a crab is a bad sign on a Chinese New Year.
At the mah-jong table, June is seated on what side? and Why is this significant?
June is seated on the east side. The new day/the new replacement of her Mom. The east starts a new day meaning Junes new life will begin. She is also traveling to the east. So she sits in the east.
What did June think her mom wanted her versus what she actually wanted?
June thought when her mom signed her up for piano classes that Suyuan wanted her to be a prodigy just like Waverly but what she actually wanted was for June to try her best and to teach her about not doing her not completing her things.
Suyuan's first husband was a member of the
Kuomintang
Where was the Joy luck Club first established in?
Kweilin
what is the Kweilin story?
Kweilin is a Chinese city where Suyuan Woo was taken from her husband with her two twin girl babies as a safe place from the Japanese forces. It is here that she starts the first Joy Luck Club.
Who is Suyuan Woo?
Mother of Jing-Mei Woo, and Chwun Hwa.Married to Canning Woo. Strong, willful, persistent. Started the Joy Luck Club. Dies towards the beginning of the book ( 2 months ago).
Where is Jing-mei meeting her 2 half-sisters?
Shanghai
What is June becoming?
She is embracing her culture that she denied when she was younger but shes more acceptant towards it.
How did Waverly insult Jing-mei professionally?
She said that her firm had decided that Jing-mei's freelance work was unacceptable and not sophisticated enough.
Why does Suyuan want Jing Mae to become a prodigy and make her take piano lessons?
Suyuan and Aunt Lindo were in constant competition for who had the better daughter. Suyuan always compares Jing Mae to Waverly ( the daughter of Aunt Lindo who is a chess prodigy and who won Chinatown's Littlest chinese Chess Champion). So after seeing the wild success of Waverly, Jing-mei's mother is convinced that her daughter can be a prodigy too. With Suyuan's urging, Jing-mei attempts a number of prodigy-like activities: being a Chinese Shirley Temple and attending beauty training school, memorizing the Bible, performing amazing acrobatics, etc.
How did Jing Mae's mother die?
Suyuan died of a brain aneurysm-is a bulge or ballooning in a blood vessel in the brain. Canning thinks she died due to her bad thoughts. Most likely PTSD or anxiety (foreshadow).
Who is Canning Woo?
Suyuan's second husband. Met her in hospital after she fled from Kweilin.
Who found the babies?
The babies were found by a kind peasant couple and raised them as their own.
Why do the aunts and uncles give Jing Mae a check to spend on?
They gave it to her to so she could go to Hong Kong, take train to Shanghai, see her sisters. The reason behind was because they were all getting too rich and too fat. They told her she must see her sisters and tell them about their mother's death But most importantly June must tell them about her life. The mother they did not know, they must now know.
What did the Joy luck Club invest in with their winning money?
They invest it in stocks in the market because they feel lucky or even more money for food.
What are the two types of daughters in Suyuan's perspective?
Those who are obedient and those who follow their mind and she added that the only kind of daughter that can live in that house is the obedient one.
which of the following is NOT one of Suyuan's beliefs?
her English is the best of all of the members of the club
Why does Jing-mei feel different as her train leaves the Hong Kong border and enters Shenzhen, China?
her mom always talked about crossing that border, she feels Chinese
What does Jing Mae's name mean?
pure essence
Why did Jing-mei's mom actually leave the babies?
she thought she was going to die and didn't want them to do so also
