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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 wear in her hair at the talent show?
(a) A gold ribbon
(b) A yellow bow
(c) A pink bow
(d) A silver crown

2. How many days after the talent show is it when Jing-Mei is surprised that her mother insists she practice piano?
(a) 5
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4

3. What does Jing-Mei’s mother die from?
(a) A car accident
(b) Cancer
(c) A brain aneurysm
(d) Tuberculosis

4. Who founded the Ripley’s Believe It or Not franchise?
(a) Robert Ripley
(b) George Ripley
(c) James Ripley
(d) Alexander Ripley

5. What is the name of Auntie Lindo’s daughter in the story?
(a) Ying-Ying
(b) Betty
(c) Waverly
(d) An-Mei

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jing-Mei promise herself when she has the revelation while staring in the bathroom mirror as a child?

2. How does Jing-Mei described her family’s kitchen table where she would sit after dinner with her mother during her childhood?

3. What color dress does Jing-Mei describe the girl wearing that she watches playing piano on The Ed Sullivan Show with her mother?

4. When Jing-Mei was helping her father get things in order after Jing-Mei’s mother died, she says she found “some old Chinese silk dresses, the kind with” what?

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

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