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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What college does Jing-Mei say she didn’t get into, causing more disappointment for her mother?
(a) Stanford
(b) Oxford
(c) Emerson
(d) Yale

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?
(a) Australia
(b) Great Britain
(c) France
(d) Kenya

3. When Jing-Mei’s mother still lived in China, her husband was serving as an officer where?
(a) Guangzhou
(b) Chongqing
(c) Shanghai
(d) Beijing

4. When does Jing-Mei say her mother came to America?
(a) 1958
(b) 1960
(c) 1981
(d) 1949

5. What does Jing-Mei’s mother do to earn money for the family when Jing-Mei is a child?
(a) She teaches piano
(b) She cleans houses
(c) She cooks at a hotel
(d) She teaches English

Short Answer Questions

1. Jing-Mei’s mother tells her when Jing-Mei resists taking piano lessons, “Who ask you be genius? Only ask you be” what?

2. How does Jing-Mei describe Mr. Chong’s eyes as always looking when she began piano lessons with him?

3. The majority of the narrative of “Two Kinds” is related from what perspective?

4. How does Jing-Mei describe her school achievements in “Two Kinds”?

5. When Jing-Mei argues with her mother over piano practice after the talent show, she says, “As I said these things I got scared. I felt like” what were “crawling out of my chest”?

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