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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Jing-Mei describe the piano as standing in her parents’ living room at the end of the story?
(a) In front of the bay windows
(b) In front of the television
(c) In front of the staircase
(d) In front of the door to the kitchen

2. How many sons does Auntie Lindo have in the story?
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 1
(d) 2

3. By the time that Jing-Mei is preparing to play in the talent recital, her parents have bought her what kind of secondhand piano?
(a) A Steinway upright
(b) A Wurlitzer spinet
(c) A Steinway grand
(d) A Förster upright

4. Who is the only person applauding when Jing-Mei looks up from her curtsy at the talent show?
(a) Jing-Mei’s father
(b) Auntie Lindo
(c) Mr. Chong
(d) Jing-Mei’s mother

5. How does Jing-Mei describe the look on her mother’s face when Jing-Mei looks up from her curtsey after her piano solo in the talent show?
(a) Confused
(b) Stricken
(c) Proud
(d) Joyful

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jing-Mei describe the secondhand piano that her parents bought for her?

2. How does Jing-Mei say her academic career ended in “Two Kinds”?

3. What musical term from the story refers to a group of notes taken in ascending or descending order within the compass of one octave?

4. When her mother offered to give her the piano for her birthday, Jing-Mei says she saw this action as what?

5. What answer does Jing-Mei give when her mother asks her early in the story, “What’s the capital of Finland?”

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