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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jing-Mei say her academic career ended in “Two Kinds”?
(a) She earned a law degree
(b) She dropped out of college
(c) She earned a bachelor’s degree
(d) She earned a master’s degree

2. When Jing-Mei refuses to practice piano after the talent show, she tells her mother, “Why should I? I’m not” what?
(a) A genius
(b) You
(c) Talented
(d) Your daughter

3. What composition does the piano prodigy play by Edvard Grieg on The Ed Sullivan Show as Jing-Mei and her mother watch?
(a) Simon’s Waltz
(b) Perfectly Contended
(c) Pleading Child
(d) Anita’s Dance

4. Jing-Mei’s mother tells her when Jing-Mei resists taking piano lessons, “Who ask you be genius? Only ask you be” what?
(a) Responsible
(b) Passionate
(c) Prodigy
(d) Your best

5. What does Jing-Mei’s mother tell her on the phone that she has when offering her the piano for her birthday?
(a) Lots of money
(b) Natural talent
(c) Practiced skill
(d) Children who might want to learn

Short Answer Questions

1. Jing-Mei describes the girl playing piano on The Ed Sullivan Show as having the sauciness of whom?

2. In the 1993 film adaptation of The Joy Luck Club, what actress played the role of Jing-Mei?

3. Who founded the Ripley’s Believe It or Not franchise?

4. What college does Jing-Mei say she didn’t get into, causing more disappointment for her mother?

5. In what year did the film Bright Eyes bring Shirley Temple international fame?

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