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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What college does Jing-Mei say she didn’t get into, causing more disappointment for her mother?
(a) Emerson
(b) Stanford
(c) Yale
(d) Oxford

2. Jing-Mei says that her mother offered to give her the piano for her birthday when she turned how old?
(a) 20
(b) 40
(c) 30
(d) 25

3. Where does Jing-Mei describe the piano as standing in her parents’ living room at the end of the story?
(a) In front of the television
(b) In front of the door to the kitchen
(c) In front of the bay windows
(d) In front of the staircase

4. 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?
(a) Be able to play it well enough for your expectations
(b) Go on TV if you paid me a million dollars
(c) Play for you
(d) Take lessons from Mr. Chong

5. What word from the story mean to find fault in, blame, or censure?
(a) Confiscate
(b) Reproach
(c) Tolerate
(d) Adulterate

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the boy at the talent show that is described as wearing a fake moustache and doing a magic show?

2. What does Jing-Mei’s father do as they travel home after the talent show?

3. Jing-Mei soon learns after beginning her piano lessons with Mr. Chong that he is deaf. He compares himself to what composer, saying “We’re both listening only in our head”?

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

5. After Jing-Mei’s mother tells her that she has enrolled her in piano lessons, Jing-Mei says, “When my mother told me this, I felt as though I had been” what?

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