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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 dropped out of college
(b) She earned a law degree
(c) She earned a bachelor’s degree
(d) She earned a master’s degree
2. What complaint does Jing-Mei’s mother make about the young piano prodigy that she watches on The Ed Sullivan Show?
(a) Play not too good, but has character
(b) Play wrong notes. Chords are all off
(c) Play note right, but doesn’t sound good! No singing sound
(d) Play wrong notes and smiles without meaning to
3. 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?
(a) Golden silk thread
(b) Hand-sewn little pockets
(c) Gathers in the sleeves
(d) Little slits up the sides
4. What does Jing-Mei say Mr. Chong would balance on her wrists as she practiced piano so that she would keep them still?
(a) Pennies
(b) Dimes
(c) Apples
(d) Quarters
5. After Jing-Mei’s hair debacle where it was cut off like a boy’s, what statement does she make about her feelings of the haircut?
(a) I liked the haircut and felt like I would now no longer be bullied in school
(b) I thought the haircut made me look like a villain from a Disney movie
(c) I hated the haircut and it made me feel like I would never live up to my mother’s expectations
(d) I liked the haircut and it made me actually look forward to my future fame
Short Answer Questions
1. When Jing-Mei refuses to practice piano after the talent show, she tells her mother, “Why should I? I’m not” what?
2. How many days after the talent show is it when Jing-Mei is surprised that her mother insists she practice piano?
3. When Jing-Mei has a revelation while staring at herself in the bathroom mirror as a child, how does she describe the girl who is staring back at her?
4. Jing-Mei soon learns after beginning her piano lessons with Mr. Chong that he is deaf. He compares himself to what composer, saying “We’re both listening only in our head”?
5. What word does Jing-Mei use in describing Mr. Chong’s silent instrumental compositions with a vague and dreamy character?
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