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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Jing-Mei was helping her father get things in order after Jing-Mei’s mother died, she says she found “some old Chinese silk dresses, the kind with” what?
(a) Gathers in the sleeves
(b) Golden silk thread
(c) Little slits up the sides
(d) Hand-sewn little pockets

2. Jing-Mei says to her mother as they argue over piano practice after the talent show, “I’ll never be the kind of daughter you want me to be!” Her mother responds, “Only two kinds of daughters.” What are these two kinds?
(a) Those who marry young and those who are old widows
(b) Those who are respectful and those who are ungrateful
(c) Those who carry their name with pride and those who don’t
(d) Those who are obedient and those who follow their own mind

3. Of the composition that the piano prodigy plays on The Ed Sullivan Show, Jing-Mei says, “I remember the song, because later on” what?
(a) I had that song played at my wedding
(b) It was the song played at my mother’s funeral
(c) I heard it again on the radio
(d) I had to learn how to play it

4. What is Auntie Lindo’s last name in the story?
(a) Hsu
(b) St. Clair
(c) Jong
(d) Woo

5. How does Jing-Mei say her academic career ended in “Two Kinds”?
(a) She earned a master’s degree
(b) She earned a bachelor’s degree
(c) She dropped out of college
(d) She earned a law degree

Short Answer Questions

1. The majority of the narrative of “Two Kind” is related in what tense?

2. Jing-Mei is to play a song from what Schumann opus at the talent show?

3. What does Jing-Mei say Mr. Chong would balance on her wrists as she practiced piano so that she would keep them still?

4. The Magnuson Act was passed in the year that China became what?

5. Of Auntie Lindo, Jing-Mei’s mother says in the beginning of the story, “Her daughter, she is only best” what?

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