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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what name does Jing-Mei refer to Mr. Chong’s mother as in the story?
(a) Beverly Chong
(b) Witch Chong
(c) The Wolf
(d) Old Lady Chong

2. Jing-Mei says that Mr. Chong would have her curve her hand around what object and then keep that shape while playing chords?
(a) A potato
(b) A rope
(c) A penny
(d) An apple

3. What illness did Jing-Mei’s mother contract while trying to flee China?
(a) Pneumonia
(b) Dysentery
(c) Gangrene
(d) Malaria

4. What similarity does Amy Tan share with Jing-Mei from “Two Kinds”?
(a) Her brother went on to become a lawyer
(b) Her father was an Italian dentist
(c) Her mother left behind children in China
(d) Her mother committed suicide when she was young

5. When Jing-Mei refuses to practice piano after the talent show, she tells her mother, “Why should I? I’m not” what?
(a) Your daughter
(b) You
(c) Talented
(d) A genius

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does Jing-Mei say she was when her mother told her “Of course you can be prodigy too” in the beginning of the story?

2. What composition does the piano prodigy play by Edvard Grieg on The Ed Sullivan Show as Jing-Mei and her mother watch?

3. What word does Jing-Mei use to describe Auntie Lindo’s daughter in the narrative?

4. Of the composition that the piano prodigy plays on The Ed Sullivan Show, Jing-Mei says, “I remember the song, because later on” what?

5. Of her lack of ambitions in music, Jing-Mei says “I was so determined not to try, not to be anybody different that I learned to play only the most ear-splitting preludes, the most discordant” what?

(see the answer key)

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