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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What similarity does Amy Tan share with Jing-Mei from “Two Kinds”?
(a) Her mother left behind children in China
(b) Her brother went on to become a lawyer
(c) Her mother committed suicide when she was young
(d) Her father was an Italian dentist

3. 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 so ratty we kept it in the basement
(c) It was the eyesore of our household
(d) It was the showpiece of our living room

4. What composition does the piano prodigy play by Edvard Grieg on The Ed Sullivan Show as Jing-Mei and her mother watch?
(a) Anita’s Dance
(b) Perfectly Contended
(c) Simon’s Waltz
(d) Pleading Child

5. Who does Jing-Mei tell her mother she wishes she were like as they argue about piano practice after the talent show?
(a) Her distant cousins
(b) Her “dead” daughters
(c) Her first husband
(d) Her great-grandmother

Short Answer Questions

1. Who founded the Ripley’s Believe It or Not franchise?

2. “Two Kinds” is a short story that was initially published in what periodical in February 1989?

3. What “magic word” as in conjuring does Jing-Mei use to describe the effect of her having said hurtful things to her mother during their fight about piano practice?

4. For how long does Jing-Mei say she practiced piano with Mr. Chong before she overheard her mother and Auntie Lindo bragging about their children?

5. How does Jing-Mei say she felt every time she saw the piano in her parents’ living room at the end of the story?

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