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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 the name of Auntie Lindo’s daughter in the story?
(a) An-Mei
(b) Waverly
(c) Betty
(d) Ying-Ying

2. How many days after the talent show is it when Jing-Mei is surprised that her mother insists she practice piano?
(a) 3
(b) 5
(c) 4
(d) 2

3. While watching the young piano prodigy on The Ed Sullivan Show with her mother, Jing-Mei says, “In spite of these warning signs, I wasn’t worried.” Why was Jing-Mei not concerned?
(a) Her mother knew she was tone deaf
(b) Her family couldn’t afford to buy a piano and lessons
(c) Her parents believed piano music was immoral
(d) Her mother didn’t enjoy the sound of the piano

4. Jing-Mei describes the girl playing piano on The Ed Sullivan Show as taking a fancy sweep of a curtsy so that the fluffy skirt of her “dress cascaded slowly to the floor like the petals of” what?
(a) A large carnation
(b) A giant rose
(c) A giant daisy
(d) A large orchid

5. What is Auntie Lindo’s husband’s name?
(a) Uncle Tom
(b) Uncle Tin
(c) Uncle Wu
(d) Uncle Lee

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jing-Mei’s mother tell her on the phone that she has when offering her the piano for her birthday?

2. Why does Jing-Mei say she sent a tuner to recondition the piano at her parents’ house?

3. When Jing-Mei’s mother enrolls her in piano lessons, Jing-Mei says, “I can’t play the piano. And even if I could, I wouldn’t” what?

4. When Jing-Mei stands up after playing her piano solo at the talent show, she realizes what are shaking?

5. The majority of the narrative of “Two Kind” is related in what tense?

(see the answer key)

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