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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what time does Jing-Mei have access to Mr. Chong’s piano for her daily practice sessions when she begins studying with him?
(a) 2:00-6:00 p.m.
(b) 4:00-6:00 p.m.
(c) 6:00-9:00 p.m.
(d) 3:00-5:00 p.m.

2. What complaint does Jing-Mei’s mother make about the young piano prodigy that she watches on The Ed Sullivan Show?
(a) Play note right, but doesn’t sound good! No singing sound
(b) Play wrong notes and smiles without meaning to
(c) Play wrong notes. Chords are all off
(d) Play not too good, but has character

3. What does Jing-Mei promise herself when she has the revelation while staring in the bathroom mirror as a child?
(a) I won’t let her change me
(b) I won’t become an actress
(c) I won’t allow myself to be a victim
(d) I won’t get married to him

4. Edvard Grieg was a composer and pianist from what country?
(a) Germany
(b) France
(c) Norway
(d) England

5. Jing-Mei says of Mr. Chong when she began piano lessons that “he must have been younger than I thought, since he” what?
(a) Had no children and was not yet married
(b) Lived with his mother and was not yet married
(c) Had two young children and a young wife
(d) Had sisters that were my mother’s age

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the phrase “Ni kan” translate to, according to the narrator?

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

3. What musical term from Jing-Mei’s piano lessons means characterized by abruptness and disconnectedness?

4. After Jing-Mei’s hair debacle where it was cut off like a boy’s, what statement does she make about her feelings of the haircut?

5. Jing-Mei describes Mr. Chong’s mother as having a particular smell about her of what?

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