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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Two Kinds.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. “Two Kinds” is a short story that was initially published in what periodical in February 1989?
(a) The Atlantic
(b) Reader’s Digest
(c) The San Franciscan
(d) The New Yorker
2. How many sons does Auntie Lindo have in the story?
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 1
(d) 3
3. 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 parents believed piano music was immoral
(b) Her mother didn’t enjoy the sound of the piano
(c) Her family couldn’t afford to buy a piano and lessons
(d) Her mother knew she was tone deaf
4. What are the names of the families from the Joy Luck Club that come up to Jing-Mei’s mother and father after Jing-Mei’s performance at the talent show?
(a) The Woos, the Lees, and the Wilsons
(b) The Tsings, the Lees and the Hsus
(c) The Hsus, the Jongs, and the St. Clairs
(d) The Yus, the Tsings, and the Lees
5. Jing-Mei says in the end of the story that she had never asked her mother about her hope, “And that even worse, I never asked her what frightened me the most”. What is the question that so frightened Jing-Mei?
(a) Why she had believed in me
(b) Why she had left her children behind
(c) Why she wanted to hurt me
(d) Why she had given up hope
Short Answer Questions
1. What complaint does Jing-Mei’s mother make about the young piano prodigy that she watches on The Ed Sullivan Show?
2. Jing-Mei says that as a child “sometimes the prodigy in me became impatient.” What did Jing-Mei’s inner prodigy tell her at this time?
3. How many mothers comprise the Joy Luck Club in the story?
4. What is the neighborhood called where Jing-Mei’s family lives when she’s a child?
5. By the time that Jing-Mei is preparing to play in the talent recital, her parents have bought her what kind of secondhand piano?
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