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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from the narrative means under a magical trance?
(a) Elated
(b) Trilled
(c) Bewitched
(d) Engulfed

2. What word from the story means coolly unconcerned, indifferent, or unexcited?
(a) Nonchalant
(b) Depreciatory
(c) Impertinent
(d) Fanatical

3. 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) The love she had for her father
(c) Her mother’s ambitions for her
(d) The inner anguish she suffered as a child

4. How many sons does Auntie Lindo have in the story?
(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) 1
(d) 4

5. What is the neighborhood called where Jing-Mei’s family lives when she’s a child?
(a) Little Italy
(b) SoHo
(c) Nob Hill
(d) Chinatown

Short Answer Questions

1. What U.S. President signed the Chinese Exclusion Act into law?

2. Of Auntie Lindo’s daughter, Jing-Mei says “We had grown up together and shared all the closeness of two sisters squabbling over crayons and dolls. In other words, for the most part, we” what?

3. How does Jing-Mei describe Auntie Lindo’s smile when she looks out at the audience before beginning her piano solo at the talent show?

4. When Jing-Mei argues with her mother over piano practice after the talent show, she says, “As I said these things I got scared. I felt like” what were “crawling out of my chest”?

5. How does Jing-Mei describe the secondhand piano that her parents bought for her?

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