Joy Luck Club Part 3

What does the saying, "If the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold" mean

That one thing is always the result from another thing

What odes Lena's mother see

She sees the bad things that will affect her family

What are three things that Lena's mother predicted that came true

A miscarriage, a bank failure and the death of Lena's father

What does Lena think her mother will see during her visit with her and Harold

Whatever is wrong in the family

What physical aspect of Lena's house does her mother connect with a feeling

She says that the slant of the floor makes her feels like she is running down

What food does Harold not realize that Lena doesn't eat

Ice cream

Why does Harold hate it when Lena cries

He thinks that her crying is manipulative

When Lena says, "I knew it would happen," what question does her mother ask

"Then why don't you stop it?"

What did Waverly want to tell her mother at lunch

She wanted to tell her mother that she was getting married again

What did Waverly's mother do when she found that Waverly had eloped with her first husband

She threw a shoe at him

Why did Waverly first stop playing chess as a child

She first stopped because she felt her mother was trying to take all the credit for her winning

What special thing could Waverly's mother do to change Waverly's view of a person

She could make Waverly see each of the persons in a negative way

What mistake did Rich make about the wine at the dinner with Waverly's family

He drank two glasses while everybody else had a just a taste

Why was Waverly so anxious that her mother was the queen while she was the pawn

Because then Waverly could only run away while her mother could move in all directions

In what way was Waverly confused about where her mother came from

She thought her mother was born in Taiwan but she was really born in Taiyuan

What trip is Waverly contemplating at the end of the story and with whom would she travel

She is debating a trip to China with her mother and Rich

Why did Rose's mother say that Rose was "without wood"

She says that Rose was confused all the time because she would listen to too many people

Why did Rose stay in bed for three days

Because her husband had left her and she was unable to make simple decisions

Where did Rose tell Ted she was going to live

She said she was going to continue to live in the house they shared while they were married

When Rose says that Ted is hulihudu, what does she mean

She meant that he is confused

What does Rose's mother plant in Rose's garden

Rose's mother plants weeds in her garden

What is Jing-mei's life importance gift from her mother

It is a jade pendant on a gold chain

Why did Jing-mei's mother not want to keep that crab that had lost a leg

Because a missing leg on a crab is a bad sign on Chinese New Year

Why did Jing-mei leave that room while the crabs were being steamed

Because she couldn't bear to remain while the crabs died

How do Jing-mei and her mother disagree in regard to Waverly Jong

Jing-mei admires her but her mother says that Waverly is like a crab, moving crooked

How did Waverly insult Jing-mei professionally

She said that her firm had decided that Jing-mei's freelance work was unacceptable

Who got the crab with the missing leg

Jing-mei's mother

Why does the marble end table collapse?

It is not sturdy enough

When Rose was little, what did she believe?

She believed a mirror could see only see her face but her mother could see inside of her