View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jing-Mei wear in her hair at the talent show?
(a) A pink bow
(b) A silver crown
(c) A gold ribbon
(d) A yellow bow

2. In the 1993 film adaptation of The Joy Luck Club, what actress played the role of Jing-Mei?
(a) Kieu Chinh
(b) Tamlyn Tomita
(c) Ming-Na Wen
(d) Tsai Chin

3. What is the nickname that Auntie Lindo’s daughter is known by in the area where Jing-Mei grows up?
(a) Chinatown’s Littlest “Chinatown’s Littlest Chinese Mah-jongg Champion
(b) Chinatown’s Littlest Chinese Swimming Star
(c) Chinatown’s Littlest Chinese Checkers Champion
(d) Chinatown’s Littlest Chinese Chess Champion

4. How does Jing-Mei describe Mr. Chong’s eyes as always looking when she began piano lessons with him?
(a) Sprightly and bright
(b) Dark and mysterious
(c) Daunting and scary
(d) Tired and sleepy

5. Jing-Mei says that her mother offered to give her the piano for her birthday when she turned how old?
(a) 30
(b) 25
(c) 40
(d) 20

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jing-Mei say she never really did while she practiced for her talent show?

2. Jing-Mei describes the girl playing piano on The Ed Sullivan Show as taking a fancy sweep of a curtsy so that the fluffy skirt of her “dress cascaded slowly to the floor like the petals of” what?

3. Who is the only person applauding when Jing-Mei looks up from her curtsy at the talent show?

4. When was the Chinese Exclusion Act signed into law?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 348 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample