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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jing-Mei says in the end of the story of her mother that she had “never found a way to ask her why she had hoped for something so large that” what “was inevitable”?
(a) Despair
(b) Revenge
(c) Sadness
(d) Failure

2. 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?
(a) Sonatas
(b) Soliloquies
(c) Hymns
(d) Waltzes

3. From what opera does Jing-Mei describe the “breasted girl with white makeup” singing from at the talent show?
(a) Guys and Dolls
(b) The Phantom of the Opera
(c) Les Miserables
(d) Madame Butterfly

4. How does Jing-Mei describe her school achievements in “Two Kinds”?
(a) I flunked every class twice
(b) I didn’t get straight A’s
(c) I skipped two grades
(d) I got straight A’s

5. What literary term refers to a short impressionistic scene that focuses on one moment or gives a trenchant impression about a character, idea, setting, or object?
(a) Vignette
(b) Parable
(c) Prelude
(d) Entrenchment

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the piano symbolize in “Two Kinds”?

2. Of her first lessons with Mr. Chong, Jing-Mei says, “I would play after him, the simple scale, the simple chord and then I just played some nonsense that sounded like” what?

3. What musical term in the story refers to the sounding of notes in a chord in rapid succession instead of simultaneously?”

4. What is the name of the street that Jing-Mei’s family lives on when she is a child?

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

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