1. What complaint does Jing-Mei’s mother make about the young piano prodigy that she watches on The Ed Sullivan Show?
(a) Play wrong notes. Chords are all off
(b) Play not too good, but has character
(c) Play note right, but doesn’t sound good! No singing sound
(d) Play wrong notes and smiles without meaning to

2. Of Auntie Lindo’s daughter, Jing-Mei says “We had grown up together and shared all the closeness of two sisters squabbling over crayons and dolls. In other words, for the most part, we” what?
(a) Pestered each other
(b) Loved each other
(c) Envied each other
(d) Hated each other

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

4. What is the name of the song that Jing-Mei finds next to the Schumann piece she played for the talent show at the end of the story?
(a) Perfectly Contented
(b) Peter’s Waltz
(c) Anita’s Dance
(d) Pleading Child

5. What color dress does Jing-Mei wear for her piano debut at the talent show?
(a) Yellow
(b) White
(c) Red
(d) Blue

Short Answer Questions

1. What musical term from the story refers to a composition for one or two instruments, typically comprised of three or four movements in contrasting forms and keys?

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 does Jing-Mei say she put her mother’s jewelry in after her death at the end of the story?

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

5. The majority of the narrative of “Two Kind” is related in what tense?

(see the answer key)

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