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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Two Kinds.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. 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 liked the haircut and it made me actually look forward to my future fame
(b) I hated the haircut and it made me feel like I would never live up to my mother’s expectations
(c) I liked the haircut and felt like I would now no longer be bullied in school
(d) I thought the haircut made me look like a villain from a Disney movie
2. When was author Amy Tan born?
(a) 1952
(b) 1940
(c) 1965
(d) 1911
3. Jing-Mei says that during her childhood, the tests her mother gave her “got harder—multiplying numbers in my head, finding” what card in a deck of cards?
(a) The joker card
(b) The five of spades
(c) The queen of hearts
(d) The ace of diamonds
4. How does Jing-Mei describe her family’s television at the time when her mother watched The Ed Sullivan Show?
(a) The TV was a black and white model but had a good picture
(b) The TV was new and the picture was clear
(c) The TV was brand new but the picture was still blurry
(d) The TV was old and the sound kept shorting out
5. What is symbolized by the second song that Jing-Mei finds in her piano workbook at the end of the story?
(a) The love she had for her father
(b) Her mother’s ambitions for her
(c) The inner anguish she suffered as a child
(d) The inner peace she’s found in her life
Short Answer Questions
1. The Magnuson Act was passed in the year that China became what?
2. One of the tests that Jing-Mei’s mother gave her as she attempted to lure out the prodigy in her daughter was predicting the daily temperatures in what three cities?
3. How does Jing-Mei’s mother respond when Jing-Mei throws a fit when she’s told she’ll be taking piano lessons?
4. 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?
5. What nickname does Jing-Mei say she secretly gave Mr. Chong when she began taking piano lessons with him?
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