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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What complaint does Jing-Mei’s mother make about the young piano prodigy that she watches on The Ed Sullivan Show?
(a) Play not too good, but has character
(b) Play wrong notes and smiles without meaning to
(c) Play wrong notes. Chords are all off
(d) Play note right, but doesn’t sound good! No singing sound

2. What word does Jing-Mei use to describe Auntie Lindo’s daughter in the narrative?
(a) Humble
(b) Gracious
(c) Snotty
(d) Voluptuous

3. What is Jing-Mei’s last name in the story?
(a) Woo
(b) Jong
(c) Hsu
(d) Chong

4. Jing-Mei says in the end of the story of her mother that she had “never found a way to ask her why she had hoped for something so large that” what “was inevitable”?
(a) Failure
(b) Sadness
(c) Revenge
(d) Despair

5. What musical term from the story refers to a group of notes taken in ascending or descending order within the compass of one octave?
(a) Treble
(b) Bass
(c) Sonata
(d) Scale

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the little girl on The Ed Sullivan Show that Jing-Mei and her mother watch playing piano?

2. The little girl that Jing-Mei and her mother watch playing piano on The Ed Sullivan Show is said to have what kind of haircut?

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. What does Auntie Lindo’s daughter say matter-of-factly to Jing-Mei after her performance at the talent show?

5. How old does Jing-Mei say she was when her mother told her “Of course you can be prodigy too” in the beginning of the story?

(see the answer key)

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