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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 end of the story that “unlike my mother, I did not believe I could” what?
(a) Overcome my heritage
(b) Be free
(c) Be anything I wanted to be
(d) Be talented or worthy

2. Of Auntie Lindo’s daughter, Jing-Mei says “We had grown up together and shared all the closeness of two sisters squabbling over crayons and dolls. In other words, for the most part, we” what?
(a) Envied each other
(b) Loved each other
(c) Hated each other
(d) Pestered each other

3. What refers to circular toys that are twirled around the waist, and that some of the children used at the talent show when Jing-Mei made her piano debut?
(a) Juggling balls
(b) Jump ropes
(c) Yo-yos
(d) Hula Hoops

4. Edvard Grieg is considered one of the leading composers of what era?
(a) The Surrealist era
(b) The Modernist era
(c) The Romantic era
(d) The Postmodernist era

5. 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 month ago
(b) Two days ago
(c) A week ago
(d) A year ago

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Auntie Lindo’s husband’s name?

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

3. How does Jing-Mei describe the look on her mother’s face when Jing-Mei looks up from her curtsey after her piano solo in the talent show?

4. What is the nickname that Auntie Lindo’s daughter is known by in the area where Jing-Mei grows up?

5. From what opera does Jing-Mei describe the “breasted girl with white makeup” singing from at the talent show?

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