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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Two Kinds.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. 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
2. Who is the only person applauding when Jing-Mei looks up from her curtsy at the talent show?
(a) Auntie Lindo
(b) Jing-Mei’s mother
(c) Jing-Mei’s father
(d) Mr. Chong
3. How long ago does Jing-Mei say she sent a tuner to her parents’ apartment to recondition the piano at the end of the story?
(a) A week ago
(b) Two days ago
(c) A month ago
(d) A year ago
4. 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?
(a) It is composed by Mr. Chong
(b) It is the opposite of the previous song
(c) It is composed by her mother
(d) It is the second half of the same song
5. Mr. Chong and Jing-Mei’s mother conspire to have Jing-Mei perform in a talent show held where in the story?
(a) At a small Broadway venue
(b) At Carnegie Hall
(c) In the church hall
(d) At the town hall
Short Answer Questions
1. What refers to circular toys that are twirled around the waist, and that some of the children used at the talent show when Jing-Mei made her piano debut?
2. How does Jing-Mei described her family’s kitchen table where she would sit after dinner with her mother during her childhood?
3. How old is the little girl on The Ed Sullivan Show that Jing-Mei and her mother watch playing piano?
4. Jing-Mei describes her mother having given her a Bible page to study and then report everything she could remember when she was a child. What does Jing-Mei tell her mother is all she can recall from the passage?
5. Where does Jing-Mei find her exercise notes and secondhand music books at the end of the story?
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