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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jing-Mei describes the girl playing piano on The Ed Sullivan Show as having the sauciness of whom?
(a) Little Orphan Annie
(b) John Wayne
(c) Peter Pan
(d) Shirley Temple

2. 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 Chess Champion
(c) Chinatown’s Littlest Chinese Swimming Star
(d) Chinatown’s Littlest Chinese Checkers Champion

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) Pleading Child
(c) Perfectly Contended
(d) Anita’s Dance

4. At what time does Jing-Mei’s mother insist that Jing-Mei begin her piano practice following the talent show fiasco?
(a) 7
(b) 4
(c) 3
(d) 6

5. How does Jing-Mei describe her school achievements in “Two Kinds”?
(a) I got straight A’s
(b) I skipped two grades
(c) I flunked every class twice
(d) I didn’t get straight A’s

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Auntie Lindo’s daughter in the story?

2. How long ago has Jing-Mei’s mother died when she sends the tuner to recondition the piano at the end of the story?

3. When Jing-Mei refuses to practice piano after the talent show, she tells her mother, “Why should I? I’m not” what?

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 nickname does Jing-Mei say she secretly gave Mr. Chong when she began taking piano lessons with him?

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