This organization provided $1,200 for a woman to travel to Shanghai and meet her mother’s long lost children. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this fictional organization headed by George Hsu that was founded in San Francisco in 1949. During a meeting of this organization, Jing-Mei took her deceased mother’s place at a mahjong table.
ANSWER: the Joy Luck Club
[10h] While telling parables about recognizing evil, a grandmother believes a laughing baby is a reincarnation of this goddess. The last section of The Joy Luck Club is named for this goddess.
ANSWER: Queen Mother of the West [accept Divine Mother or Nanny; accept Queen Mother of the Western Skies; accept Xīwángmǔ or Seiobo or Seowangmo or Tây Vương Mẫu; accept Wusheng Liamu or Wujimu]
[10e] This Chinese-American author of The Kitchen God’s Wife also wrote The Joy Luck Club.
ANSWER: Amy Tan [or Amy Ruth Tan]
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