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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 that during her childhood, the tests her mother gave her “got harder—multiplying numbers in my head, finding” what card in a deck of cards?
(a) The joker card
(b) The queen of hearts
(c) The five of spades
(d) The ace of diamonds

2. Jing-Mei describes her childhood ambitions in the beginning of the story by comparing herself to “Cinderella stepping from her pumpkin carriage with” what type of music “filling the air”?
(a) Sparkly cartoon music
(b) Old-timey piano music
(c) Black-and-white movie music
(d) Whispering music

3. Why does Jing-Mei say she sent a tuner to recondition the piano at her parents’ house?
(a) Because I planned to play it again
(b) Because I wanted to have it appraised
(c) For purely sentimental reasons
(d) Because I wanted to sell it

4. 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”?
(a) I wish I’d known then
(b) No I couldn’t
(c) Yes, I know
(d) I love you

5. How many mothers comprise the Joy Luck Club in the story?
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 7

Short Answer Questions

1. Jing-Mei says in the end of the story that “unlike my mother, I did not believe I could” what?

2. When Jing-Mei’s mother asks her for the capital of Finland, Jing-Mei responds with the capital of what country in the beginning of the story?

3. When did the Japanese invasion of China take place, leading Jing-Mei’s mother to flee China?

4. Jing-Mei describes the girl playing piano on The Ed Sullivan Show as having the sauciness of whom?

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

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