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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 used like a kitchen table for years
(b) It was the eyesore of our household
(c) It was the showpiece of our living room
(d) It was so ratty we kept it in the basement
2. What complaint does Jing-Mei’s mother make about the young piano prodigy that she watches on The Ed Sullivan Show?
(a) Play not too good, but has character
(b) Play note right, but doesn’t sound good! No singing sound
(c) Play wrong notes. Chords are all off
(d) Play wrong notes and smiles without meaning to
3. Of Auntie Lindo’s daughter, Jing-Mei says “We had grown up together and shared all the closeness of two sisters squabbling over crayons and dolls. In other words, for the most part, we” what?
(a) Pestered each other
(b) Loved each other
(c) Hated each other
(d) Envied each other
4. When the instructor of the beauty school has to cut off Jing-Mei’s hair because of the bad perm, she tells Jing-Mei’s mother that what play is very popular these days?
(a) Guys and Dolls
(b) Little Orphan Annie
(c) Peter Pan
(d) Cinderella
5. What is symbolized by the second song that Jing-Mei finds in her piano workbook at the end of the story?
(a) The inner anguish she suffered as a child
(b) The love she had for her father
(c) Her mother’s ambitions for her
(d) The inner peace she’s found in her life
Short Answer Questions
1. 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?
2. Of what ethnicity is the little girl on The Ed Sullivan Show that Jing-Mei and her mother watch playing piano?
3. What does Jing-Mei respond to her mother on the phone when her mother offers her the piano for her birthday and says, “You could been genius if you wanted to”?
4. After Jing-Mei’s performance at the talent show, she says, “We could have escaped during intermission.” What does she say “must have anchored my parents to their chairs”?
5. How does Jing-Mei describe the Schumann piece that she was to play at the talent show?
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