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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Two Kinds.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is symbolized by the second song that Jing-Mei finds in her piano workbook at the end of the story?
(a) The inner peace she’s found in her life
(b) Her mother’s ambitions for her
(c) The inner anguish she suffered as a child
(d) The love she had for her father

2. How old was Shirley Temple when she began her film career?
(a) 3
(b) 8
(c) 5
(d) 10

3. How does Jing-Mei say she felt every time she saw the piano in her parents’ living room at the end of the story?
(a) Ashamed
(b) Angry
(c) Sad
(d) Proud

4. What musical term from Jing-Mei’s piano lessons means characterized by abruptness and disconnectedness?
(a) Arpeggio
(b) Reverie
(c) Staccato
(d) Trill

5. Jing-Mei says that soon after her mother got the idea for her to be a Chinese Shirley Temple, she took her to a beauty school in what district?
(a) Noe Valley
(b) The Mission district
(c) Potrero Hill
(d) SoHo

Short Answer Questions

1. When was author Amy Tan born?

2. In what year did the film Bright Eyes bring Shirley Temple international fame?

3. What is Auntie Lindo’s last name in the story?

4. How long ago does Jing-Mei say she sent a tuner to her parents’ apartment to recondition the piano at the end of the story?

5. How old is the little girl on The Ed Sullivan Show that Jing-Mei and her mother watch playing piano?

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