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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 described her family’s kitchen table where she would sit after dinner with her mother during her childhood?
(a) Formica
(b) Plywood
(c) Oak
(d) Marble

2. When Jing-Mei refuses to practice piano after the talent show, she tells her mother, “Why should I? I’m not” what?
(a) A genius
(b) You
(c) Your daughter
(d) Talented

3. What musical term from Jing-Mei’s piano lessons means characterized by abruptness and disconnectedness?
(a) Arpeggio
(b) Reverie
(c) Trill
(d) Staccato

4. What is Auntie Lindo’s last name in the story?
(a) St. Clair
(b) Hsu
(c) Woo
(d) Jong

5. What answer does Jing-Mei give when her mother asks her early in the story, “What’s the capital of Finland?”
(a) Omaha
(b) Lexington
(c) Nairobi
(d) Rockland

Short Answer Questions

1. Jing-Mei describes the fingers of Mr. Chong’s mother as feeling like what?

2. What similarity does Amy Tan share with Jing-Mei from “Two Kinds”?

3. What does Jing-Mei’s father do as they travel home after the talent show?

4. What does Jing-Mei say to defend the young piano player on The Ed Sullivan Show when her mother criticizes her performance?

5. Jing-Mei describes the sound of the “bellows of the foghorns out on the bay” as sounding like what?

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