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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Two Kinds.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Jing-Mei says in the beginning of the story that at first her mother thought she could be a Chinese Shirley Temple. “We’d watch Shirley’s old movies on TV as though they were” what?
(a) Educational television
(b) Horror movies
(c) Training films
(d) Golden cinema
2. What does the piano symbolize in “Two Kinds”?
(a) Jing-Mei’s belief in a higher spiritual being
(b) Jing-Mei’s mother’s ambitions for her
(c) Jing-Mei’s longing for cultural resonance
(d) Jing-Mei’s love for her father
3. What word from the story means coolly unconcerned, indifferent, or unexcited?
(a) Nonchalant
(b) Fanatical
(c) Depreciatory
(d) Impertinent
4. When Jing-Mei refuses to practice piano after the talent show, she tells her mother, “Why should I? I’m not” what?
(a) You
(b) Your daughter
(c) Talented
(d) A genius
5. After Jing-Mei’s hair debacle where it was cut off like a boy’s, what statement does she make about her feelings of the haircut?
(a) I hated the haircut and it made me feel like I would never live up to my mother’s expectations
(b) I thought the haircut made me look like a villain from a Disney movie
(c) I liked the haircut and felt like I would now no longer be bullied in school
(d) I liked the haircut and it made me actually look forward to my future fame
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Jing-Mei kick under her feet as her mother drags her to the piano for practice after the talent show?
2. What is Auntie Lindo’s husband’s name?
3. What does Jing-Mei’s mother tell her on the phone that she has when offering her the piano for her birthday?
4. Examine the following sentence from the narrative: “I kept thinking my fingers would adjust themselves back, like a train switching to the right track.” What literary device is used in this example?
5. Auntie Lindo tells Jing-Mei’s mother that all day long she has no time to do anything but what, when she is bragging about her daughter?
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