1. The majority of the narrative of “Two Kind” is related in what tense?
(a) Future tense
(b) Present tense
(c) Future-possessive tense
(d) Past tense

2. When does Jing-Mei say her mother came to America?
(a) 1960
(b) 1958
(c) 1949
(d) 1981

3. When was author Amy Tan born?
(a) 1911
(b) 1965
(c) 1952
(d) 1940

4. What does Jing-Mei’s mother tell her she looks like after she’s been given a bad perm at the beauty school?
(a) Negro Chinese
(b) An orphan
(c) Raggedy Anne
(d) A Cupie Doll

5. What is Jing-Mei doing on the day when her mother insists she go practice at the piano after the talent show fiasco?
(a) Watching TV
(b) Listening to the radio
(c) Writing in her journal
(d) Calling a friend

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jing-Mei and her mother get into an argument about Jing-Mei beginning piano lessons, Jing-Mei’s mother exclaims, “If she had as much talent as she has temper, she would be” what?

2. How does Jing-Mei describe her family’s television at the time when her mother watched The Ed Sullivan Show?

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

4. What is Auntie Lindo’s husband’s name?

5. Edvard Grieg is considered one of the leading composers of what era?

(see the answer key)

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