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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Describing her mother’s reaction to her hurtful words, Jing-Mei says, “she backed out of the room, stunned, as if she were blowing away like” what?
(a) A wisp of hair, broken and abandoned
(b) A small brown leaf, thin, brittle, lifeless
(c) A dandelion in the autumn sunset
(d) A paper sack, dull and soiled

2. How does Jing-Mei say she felt when her time to perform her piano solo at the talent show came?
(a) I was very confident
(b) I was scared, but hopeful
(c) I was terrified
(d) I was worried

3. What word from the story means to play music with a vibratory or quavering effect?
(a) Sonata
(b) Bass
(c) Treble
(d) Trill

4. Who is the only person applauding when Jing-Mei looks up from her curtsy at the talent show?
(a) Auntie Lindo
(b) Jing-Mei’s mother
(c) Mr. Chong
(d) Jing-Mei’s father

5. What does Jing-Mei respond to her mother on the phone when her mother offers her the piano for her birthday and says, “You could been genius if you wanted to”?
(a) No I couldn’t
(b) I wish I’d known then
(c) I love you
(d) Yes, I know

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Shirley Temple born?

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

3. What similarity does Amy Tan share with Jing-Mei from “Two Kinds”?

4. When Jing-Mei was helping her father get things in order after Jing-Mei’s mother died, she says she found “some old Chinese silk dresses, the kind with” what?

5. How many sons does Auntie Lindo have in the story?

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