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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Jing-Mei stands up after playing her piano solo at the talent show, she realizes what are shaking?
(a) Her ribs
(b) Her legs
(c) Her hands
(d) Her shoulders

2. What U.S. President signed the Chinese Exclusion Act into law?
(a) Franklin D. Roosevelt
(b) James McCarthy
(c) Chester A. Arthur
(d) Teddy Roosevelt

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) A month ago
(c) A year ago
(d) Two days ago

4. How does Jing-Mei describe her mother’s first children in the beginning of the story?
(a) Twin baby girls
(b) Twin baby boys
(c) A boy and a girl
(d) Three sons

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) Calling a friend
(c) Writing in her journal
(d) Listening to the radio

Short Answer Questions

1. The majority of the narrative of “Two Kind” is related in what tense?

2. What does Jing-Mei say Mr. Chong would balance on her wrists as she practiced piano so that she would keep them still?

3. When Jing-Mei’s mother asks her for the capital of Finland, Jing-Mei responds with the capital of what country in the beginning of the story?

4. How does Jing-Mei describe the Schumann piece that she was to play at the talent show?

5. By what name does Jing-Mei refer to Mr. Chong’s mother as in the story?

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