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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jing-Mei describe the secondhand piano that her parents bought for her?
(a) It was so ratty we kept it in the basement
(b) It was the eyesore of our household
(c) It was the showpiece of our living room
(d) It was used like a kitchen table for years

2. How does Jing-Mei describe Auntie Lindo’s smile when she looks out at the audience before beginning her piano solo at the talent show?
(a) Terse and comical
(b) Stiff-lipped
(c) Broad and happy
(d) Slivery

3. 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) Soliloquies
(b) Waltzes
(c) Hymns
(d) Sonatas

4. Of Auntie Lindo, Jing-Mei’s mother says in the beginning of the story, “Her daughter, she is only best” what?
(a) At trying
(b) Chess champion
(c) Student
(d) Tricky

5. What refers to circular toys that are twirled around the waist, and that some of the children used at the talent show when Jing-Mei made her piano debut?
(a) Jump ropes
(b) Hula Hoops
(c) Juggling balls
(d) Yo-yos

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the narrative means under a magical trance?

2. 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?

3. When Jing-Mei has a revelation while staring at herself in the bathroom mirror as a child, how does she describe the girl who is staring back at her?

4. How many sons does Auntie Lindo have in the story?

5. Jing-Mei describes Mr. Chong’s mother as having a particular smell about her of what?

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