1. Which of the following is a major theme throughout “Two Kinds”?
(a) Father-daughter relationships
(b) Political corruption
(c) Mother-daughter relationships
(d) Sister-brother rivalry

2. Jing-Mei says that as a child “sometimes the prodigy in me became impatient.” What did Jing-Mei’s inner prodigy tell her at this time?
(a) If you don’t hurry up and get me out of here, I’m disappearing for good
(b) If I’m not on stage in a year, I’ll never get there
(c) Tell her to stop making you do this. This is taking forever
(d) I’m dying of boredom. When are we going to do something fun?

3. When was Edvard Grieg born?
(a) 1843
(b) 1798
(c) 1935
(d) 1919

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

5. By the time that Jing-Mei is preparing to play in the talent recital, her parents have bought her what kind of secondhand piano?
(a) A Steinway upright
(b) A Wurlitzer spinet
(c) A Steinway grand
(d) A Förster upright

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How old was Shirley Temple when she began her film career?

3. When was Shirley Temple born?

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

5. Of the composition that the piano prodigy plays on The Ed Sullivan Show, Jing-Mei says, “I remember the song, because later on” what?

(see the answer key)

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