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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jing-Mei say she sent a tuner to recondition the piano at her parents’ house?
(a) Because I planned to play it again
(b) For purely sentimental reasons
(c) Because I wanted to sell it
(d) Because I wanted to have it appraised

2. What is the name of the Schumann piece that Jing-Mei is to play at the talent show?
(a) Pleading Child
(b) Anita's Dance
(c) Perfectly Contended
(d) Peter’s Waltz

3. Examine the following sentence from the narrative: “I kept thinking my fingers would adjust themselves back, like a train switching to the right track.” What literary device is used in this example?
(a) Jargon
(b) Metaphor
(c) Onomatopoeia
(d) Simile

4. What is the name of the song that Jing-Mei finds next to the Schumann piece she played for the talent show at the end of the story?
(a) Perfectly Contented
(b) Anita’s Dance
(c) Peter’s Waltz
(d) Pleading Child

5. What color dress does Jing-Mei describe the girl wearing that she watches playing piano on The Ed Sullivan Show with her mother?
(a) White
(b) Green
(c) Yellow
(d) Blue

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the only person applauding when Jing-Mei looks up from her curtsy at the talent show?

2. Jing-Mei says that Mr. Chong would have her curve her hand around what object and then keep that shape while playing chords?

3. Jing-Mei describes the girl playing piano on The Ed Sullivan Show as having the sauciness of whom?

4. Jing-Mei describes her childhood ambitions in the beginning of the story by comparing herself to “Cinderella stepping from her pumpkin carriage with” what type of music “filling the air”?

5. How many hours a day does Jing-Mei have access to the piano at Mr. Chong’s for practice when she first begins taking lessons?

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