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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what ethnicity is the little girl on The Ed Sullivan Show that Jing-Mei and her mother watch playing piano?
(a) African
(b) Chinese
(c) Eastern European
(d) Japanese

2. Jing-Mei says that soon after her mother got the idea for her to be a Chinese Shirley Temple, she took her to a beauty school in what district?
(a) SoHo
(b) Noe Valley
(c) Potrero Hill
(d) The Mission district

3. Where did author Amy Tan grow up?
(a) New Orleans, Louisiana
(b) New York, New York
(c) Oakland, California
(d) Chicago, Illinois

4. 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 grand
(b) A Förster upright
(c) A Wurlitzer spinet
(d) A Steinway upright

5. Who performs first at the talent show where Jing-Mei makes her piano debut?
(a) The adults
(b) The trombone players
(c) The youngest children
(d) The oldest children

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jing-Mei’s mother enrolls her in piano lessons, Jing-Mei says, “I can’t play the piano. And even if I could, I wouldn’t” what?

2. When was Shirley Temple born?

3. 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?

4. What word does Jing-Mei use to describe Auntie Lindo’s daughter in the narrative?

5. What nickname does Jing-Mei say she secretly gave Mr. Chong when she began taking piano lessons with him?

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