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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 is to play a song from what Schumann opus at the talent show?
(a) Flower Piece
(b) Scenes from Childhood
(c) Album for the Young
(d) Butterflies

2. What answer does Jing-Mei give when her mother asks her early in the story, “What’s the capital of Finland?”
(a) Rockland
(b) Nairobi
(c) Lexington
(d) Omaha

3. Of what ethnicity is the little girl on The Ed Sullivan Show that Jing-Mei and her mother watch playing piano?
(a) Japanese
(b) African
(c) Chinese
(d) Eastern European

4. What is the name of Auntie Lindo’s daughter in the story?
(a) Ying-Ying
(b) An-Mei
(c) Waverly
(d) Betty

5. In the 1993 film adaptation of The Joy Luck Club, what actress played the role of Jing-Mei?
(a) Tamlyn Tomita
(b) Kieu Chinh
(c) Ming-Na Wen
(d) Tsai Chin

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jing-Mei say she put her mother’s jewelry in after her death at the end of the story?

2. What does Jing-Mei say to defend the young piano player on The Ed Sullivan Show when her mother criticizes her performance?

3. 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?

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

5. When Jing-Mei refuses to practice piano after the talent show, she tells her mother, “Why should I? I’m not” what?

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