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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sensation does Jing-Mei describe as she begins hitting one wrong note after another during the talent show?
(a) I felt a wave of terror and then everything went black
(b) A burning sensation in my heart and then an inability to breathe
(c) A shiver of excitement started in my hands and spread up my arms
(d) A chill started at the top of my head and began to trickle down

2. 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”?
(a) A desire to not be shown up by their neighbors
(b) Pride and some strange sense of honor
(c) A love for music
(d) A need to punish me further

3. By the time that Jing-Mei is preparing to play in the talent recital, her parents have bought her what kind of secondhand piano?
(a) A Förster upright
(b) A Steinway grand
(c) A Steinway upright
(d) A Wurlitzer spinet

4. What U.S. President signed the Chinese Exclusion Act into law?
(a) Teddy Roosevelt
(b) Chester A. Arthur
(c) Franklin D. Roosevelt
(d) James McCarthy

5. As Jing-Mei walks back to her seat after her performance in the talent show, she overhears a little boy say to his mother, “That was awful.” What does the boy’s mother reply?
(a) Shh. She’s right there
(b) She was terrible
(c) She was wonderful
(d) Well, she certainly tried

Short Answer Questions

1. Jing-Mei describes the sound of the “bellows of the foghorns out on the bay” as sounding like what?

2. The little girl that Jing-Mei and her mother watch playing piano on The Ed Sullivan Show is said to have what kind of haircut?

3. During what years did The Ed Sullivan Show air on television?

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

5. What is the name of Jing-Mei’s mother in “Two Kinds”?

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