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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jing-Mei describe the Schumann piece that she was to play at the talent show?
(a) It was a simple, moody piece that sounded more difficult than it was
(b) It was a strong and powerful piece, one that I loved
(c) It was a textured piece that showed off skills that I didn’t even have
(d) It was a difficult, multi-layered piece that sounded less difficult than it was

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) Free
(b) Perfect
(c) Worthwhile
(d) Beautiful

3. Jing-Mei describes Mr. Chong when she began piano lessons with him as “very strange, always tapping his fingers to the silent music of” what?
(a) An era long passed
(b) An invisible orchestra
(c) An imaginary guitar
(d) His wife’s heartbeat

4. Who founded the Ripley’s Believe It or Not franchise?
(a) Alexander Ripley
(b) Robert Ripley
(c) George Ripley
(d) James Ripley

5. How old is the little girl on The Ed Sullivan Show that Jing-Mei and her mother watch playing piano?
(a) 3
(b) 9
(c) 12
(d) 16

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Jing-Mei realize about the song she finds next to the one she played for the talent show at the end of the story?

3. How old was Shirley Temple when she began her film career?

4. How does Jing-Mei describe her family’s television at the time when her mother watched The Ed Sullivan Show?

5. What does the phrase “Ni kan” translate to, according to the narrator?

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