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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Two Kinds.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Jing-Mei say to defend the young piano player on The Ed Sullivan Show when her mother criticizes her performance?
(a) I think her playing sounds beautiful. I don’t know what you’re talking about
(b) She’s pretty good. Maybe she’s not the best, but she’s trying hard
(c) She’s not that good, but she’s got a great dress and demeanor
(d) I’m sure she’s practiced. Her parents have money for good training
2. Jing-Mei’s mother tells her when Jing-Mei resists taking piano lessons, “Who ask you be genius? Only ask you be” what?
(a) Prodigy
(b) Passionate
(c) Responsible
(d) Your best
3. What does Jing-Mei wear in her hair at the talent show?
(a) A gold ribbon
(b) A pink bow
(c) A yellow bow
(d) A silver crown
4. What is the name of the street that Jing-Mei’s family lives on when she is a child?
(a) Oxford Street
(b) Jefferson Street
(c) Sacramento Street
(d) Roosevelt Street
5. Jing-Mei describes her mother having given her a Bible page to study and then report everything she could remember when she was a child. What does Jing-Mei tell her mother is all she can recall from the passage?
(a) Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance
(b) In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth
(c) For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith
(d) And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose
Short Answer Questions
1. What answer does Jing-Mei give when her mother asks her early in the story, “What’s the capital of Finland?”
2. Jing-Mei says that Mr. Chong would have her curve her hand around what object and then keep that shape while playing chords?
3. How does Jing-Mei describe the Schumann piece that she was to play at the talent show?
4. When does Jing-Mei say her mother came to America?
5. Jing-Mei describes sitting down nightly with her mother to examine stories of child prodigies when she was a child. The first of these stories is about a boy who knows all the state capitals and most of the European countries at what age?
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