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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Jing-Mei says in the beginning of “Two Kinds,” “My mother believed you could be anything you wanted to be in America. You could open” what?
(a) A hair salon
(b) A restaurant
(c) A clothing store
(d) A factory

3. When Jing-Mei’s mother still lived in China, her husband was serving as an officer where?
(a) Shanghai
(b) Chongqing
(c) Guangzhou
(d) Beijing

4. What does the piano symbolize in “Two Kinds”?
(a) Jing-Mei’s belief in a higher spiritual being
(b) Jing-Mei’s longing for cultural resonance
(c) Jing-Mei’s love for her father
(d) Jing-Mei’s mother’s ambitions for her

5. What color dress does Jing-Mei describe the girl wearing that she watches playing piano on The Ed Sullivan Show with her mother?
(a) Blue
(b) Green
(c) Yellow
(d) White

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jing-Mei describe Mr. Chong’s eyes as always looking when she began piano lessons with him?

2. While watching the young piano prodigy on The Ed Sullivan Show with her mother, Jing-Mei says, “In spite of these warning signs, I wasn’t worried.” Why was Jing-Mei not concerned?

3. What similarity does Amy Tan share with Jing-Mei from “Two Kinds”?

4. At the talent show where Jing-Mei makes her piano debut, she describes an eleven-year-old boy who won first prize for what performance?

5. What musical term, taught by Mr. Chong to Jing-Mei in their lessons, means pertaining to the highest part in harmonized music?

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