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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 says in the end of the story that she had never asked her mother about her hope, “And that even worse, I never asked her what frightened me the most”. What is the question that so frightened Jing-Mei?
(a) Why she had believed in me
(b) Why she had left her children behind
(c) Why she had given up hope
(d) Why she wanted to hurt me

2. For how long does Jing-Mei say she practiced piano with Mr. Chong before she overheard her mother and Auntie Lindo bragging about their children?
(a) 5 months
(b) 2 years
(c) 1 year
(d) 4 weeks

3. What musical term from the story refers to a group of notes taken in ascending or descending order within the compass of one octave?
(a) Bass
(b) Treble
(c) Scale
(d) Sonata

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

5. What does Jing-Mei kick under her feet as her mother drags her to the piano for practice after the talent show?
(a) The bedspread
(b) The cat
(c) The piano bench
(d) Throw rugs

Short Answer Questions

1. “Two Kinds” is a short story that was initially published in what periodical in February 1989?

2. What is the name of Jing-Mei’s mother in “Two Kinds”?

3. Jing-Mei says that Mr. Chong would have her curve her hand around what object and then keep that shape while playing chords?

4. What is the neighborhood called where Jing-Mei’s family lives when she’s a child?

5. Jing-Mei’s mother tells her when Jing-Mei resists taking piano lessons, “Who ask you be genius? Only ask you be” what?

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