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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 Jing-Mei’s mother abandon her first children, hoping for them to become adopted?
(a) In a ditch outside of town
(b) On church steps
(c) Under a barren tree
(d) In a church cemetery

2. One of the tests that Jing-Mei’s mother gave her as she attempted to lure out the prodigy in her daughter was predicting the daily temperatures in what three cities?
(a) New York, Paris, and London
(b) Seattle, Minneapolis, and New York
(c) Los Angeles, New York, and London
(d) Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles

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

4. Where does Jing-Mei live while growing up?
(a) Oakland, California
(b) San Francisco, California
(c) Sacramento, California
(d) Los Angeles, California

5. What is Jing-Mei’s last name in the story?
(a) Hsu
(b) Jong
(c) Chong
(d) Woo

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Jing-Mei say she sent a tuner to recondition the piano at her parents’ house?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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