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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Auntie Lindo’s husband’s name?
(a) Uncle Tom
(b) Uncle Wu
(c) Uncle Lee
(d) Uncle Tin

2. At what time does Jing-Mei’s mother insist that Jing-Mei begin her piano practice following the talent show fiasco?
(a) 6
(b) 4
(c) 7
(d) 3

3. Describing her mother’s reaction to her hurtful words, Jing-Mei says, “she backed out of the room, stunned, as if she were blowing away like” what?
(a) A paper sack, dull and soiled
(b) A small brown leaf, thin, brittle, lifeless
(c) A dandelion in the autumn sunset
(d) A wisp of hair, broken and abandoned

4. When Jing-Mei was helping her father get things in order after Jing-Mei’s mother died, she says she found “some old Chinese silk dresses, the kind with” what?
(a) Gathers in the sleeves
(b) Little slits up the sides
(c) Golden silk thread
(d) Hand-sewn little pockets

5. “Two Kinds” is a short story from Amy Tan’s book The Joy Luck Club. This collection of short stories revolves around the lives of Chinese immigrant women who form a club and play what game?
(a) Chinese checkers
(b) Chess
(c) Bridge
(d) Mah-jongg

Short Answer Questions

1. What answer does Jing-Mei give when her mother asks her early in the story, “What’s the capital of Finland?”

2. What word from the story means coolly unconcerned, indifferent, or unexcited?

3. “Two Kinds” is a short story that was initially published in what periodical in February 1989?

4. What does Jing-Mei kick under her feet as her mother drags her to the piano for practice after the talent show?

5. Jing-Mei says that soon after her mother got the idea for her to be a Chinese Shirley Temple, she took her to a beauty school in what district?

(see the answer key)

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