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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Two Kinds.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. 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 family couldn’t afford to buy a piano and lessons
(b) Her mother didn’t enjoy the sound of the piano
(c) Her mother knew she was tone deaf
(d) Her parents believed piano music was immoral
2. What does Jing-Mei say to defend the young piano player on The Ed Sullivan Show when her mother criticizes her performance?
(a) I’m sure she’s practiced. Her parents have money for good training
(b) I think her playing sounds beautiful. I don’t know what you’re talking about
(c) She’s pretty good. Maybe she’s not the best, but she’s trying hard
(d) She’s not that good, but she’s got a great dress and demeanor
3. Which of the following is a major theme throughout “Two Kinds”?
(a) Political corruption
(b) Father-daughter relationships
(c) Mother-daughter relationships
(d) Sister-brother rivalry
4. Jing-Mei describes sitting down nightly with her mother to examine stories of child prodigies when she was a child. The first of these stories is about a boy who knows all the state capitals and most of the European countries at what age?
(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) 12
(d) 5
5. Of Auntie Lindo, Jing-Mei’s mother says in the beginning of the story, “Her daughter, she is only best” what?
(a) Chess champion
(b) Student
(c) Tricky
(d) At trying
Short Answer Questions
1. Jing-Mei describes the sound of the “bellows of the foghorns out on the bay” as sounding like what?
2. How does Jing-Mei described her family’s kitchen table where she would sit after dinner with her mother during her childhood?
3. Jing-Mei says in the beginning of “Two Kinds,” “My mother believed you could be anything you wanted to be in America. You could open” what?
4. What is Jing-Mei’s last name in the story?
5. What word from the story means to play music with a vibratory or quavering effect?
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