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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What musical term from the story refers to a composition for one or two instruments, typically comprised of three or four movements in contrasting forms and keys?
(a) Sonata
(b) Treble
(c) Scale
(d) Bass

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

3. Of her first lessons with Mr. Chong, Jing-Mei says, “I would play after him, the simple scale, the simple chord and then I just played some nonsense that sounded like” what?
(a) A solitary violin
(b) A crash of bricks against a tin rooftop
(c) A cat running up and down on top of garbage cans
(d) A chorus of birds singing in the treetops

4. The little girl that Jing-Mei and her mother watch playing piano on The Ed Sullivan Show is said to have what kind of haircut?
(a) A Shirley Temple haircut
(b) A Barbie Doll haircut
(c) A Peter Pan haircut
(d) A Raggedy Anne haircut

5. What word from the story mean to find fault in, blame, or censure?
(a) Reproach
(b) Tolerate
(c) Confiscate
(d) Adulterate

Short Answer Questions

1. What is symbolized by the second song that Jing-Mei finds in her piano workbook at the end of the story?

2. The majority of the narrative of “Two Kinds” is related from what perspective?

3. When was Shirley Temple born?

4. What musical term from the story means pertaining to the lowest part in harmonic music?

5. What does Jing-Mei’s mother tell her she looks like after she’s been given a bad perm at the beauty school?

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