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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Auntie Lindo’s husband’s name?
(a) Uncle Lee
(b) Uncle Wu
(c) Uncle Tin
(d) Uncle Tom

2. The Magnuson Act was passed in the year that China became what?
(a) An official ally to the U.S. in World War II
(b) An official ally to the U.S. in World War I
(c) An official ally to the Germans in World War II
(d) An official ally to the U.S. in the Korean War

3. How does Jing-Mei describe the Schumann piece that she was to play at the talent show?
(a) It was a strong and powerful piece, one that I loved
(b) It was a simple, moody piece that sounded more difficult than it was
(c) It was a difficult, multi-layered piece that sounded less difficult than it was
(d) It was a textured piece that showed off skills that I didn’t even have

4. 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) Kenya
(b) France
(c) Australia
(d) Great Britain

5. Where did author Amy Tan grow up?
(a) Oakland, California
(b) Chicago, Illinois
(c) New York, New York
(d) New Orleans, Louisiana

Short Answer Questions

1. When was author Amy Tan born?

2. What word from the story means coolly unconcerned, indifferent, or unexcited?

3. While watching the young piano prodigy on The Ed Sullivan Show with her mother, Jing-Mei says, “In spite of these warning signs, I wasn’t worried.” Why was Jing-Mei not concerned?

4. When Jing-Mei stands up after playing her piano solo at the talent show, she realizes what are shaking?

5. What does Jing-Mei say she put her mother’s jewelry in after her death at the end of the story?

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