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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the 1993 film adaptation of The Joy Luck Club, what actress played the role of Jing-Mei?
(a) Tamlyn Tomita
(b) Kieu Chinh
(c) Tsai Chin
(d) Ming-Na Wen

2. Of her childhood and the ambitions that Jing-Mei and her mother felt for her at this time, she says in the beginning of the story, “In all of my imaginings, I was filled with a sense that I would soon become” what?
(a) Perfect
(b) Worthwhile
(c) Free
(d) Beautiful

3. What is the name of the song that Jing-Mei finds next to the Schumann piece she played for the talent show at the end of the story?
(a) Pleading Child
(b) Perfectly Contented
(c) Peter’s Waltz
(d) Anita’s Dance

4. 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) It was the song played at my mother’s funeral
(b) I heard it again on the radio
(c) I had that song played at my wedding
(d) I had to learn how to play it

5. What musical term from Jing-Mei’s piano lessons means characterized by abruptness and disconnectedness?
(a) Trill
(b) Staccato
(c) Arpeggio
(d) Reverie

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the boy at the talent show that is described as wearing a fake moustache and doing a magic show?

2. What does Jing-Mei say she put the sweaters her mother knitted in after she died in the end of the story?

3. When was Edvard Grieg born?

4. What does the piano symbolize in “Two Kinds”?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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