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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did author Amy Tan grow up?
(a) New Orleans, Louisiana
(b) Chicago, Illinois
(c) Oakland, California
(d) New York, New York

2. What does Jing-Mei say to defend the young piano player on The Ed Sullivan Show when her mother criticizes her performance?
(a) I think her playing sounds beautiful. I don’t know what you’re talking about
(b) She’s pretty good. Maybe she’s not the best, but she’s trying hard
(c) I’m sure she’s practiced. Her parents have money for good training
(d) She’s not that good, but she’s got a great dress and demeanor

3. How does Jing-Mei say she felt when her time to perform her piano solo at the talent show came?
(a) I was worried
(b) I was scared, but hopeful
(c) I was very confident
(d) I was terrified

4. Edvard Grieg is considered one of the leading composers of what era?
(a) The Modernist era
(b) The Postmodernist era
(c) The Romantic era
(d) The Surrealist era

5. What word from the story means to play music with a vibratory or quavering effect?
(a) Bass
(b) Treble
(c) Trill
(d) Sonata

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jing-Mei say Mr. Chong would balance on her wrists as she practiced piano so that she would keep them still?

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

3. What does Jing-Mei realize about the song she finds next to the one she played for the talent show at the end of the story?

4. When was Edvard Grieg born?

5. How old was Shirley Temple when she began her film career?

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