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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 lack of ambitions in music, Jing-Mei says “I was so determined not to try, not to be anybody different that I learned to play only the most ear-splitting preludes, the most discordant” what?
(a) Waltzes
(b) Soliloquies
(c) Sonatas
(d) Hymns

2. How old is the boy at the talent show that is described as wearing a fake moustache and doing a magic show?
(a) 18
(b) 10
(c) 16
(d) 12

3. What does Auntie Lindo’s daughter say matter-of-factly to Jing-Mei after her performance at the talent show?
(a) You did a wonderful job
(b) You’re not as talented as you think you are
(c) You aren’t a genius like me
(d) You should really be a singer

4. 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 restaurant
(b) A hair salon
(c) A clothing store
(d) A factory

5. Jing-Mei’s mother tells her when Jing-Mei resists taking piano lessons, “Who ask you be genius? Only ask you be” what?
(a) Your best
(b) Prodigy
(c) Passionate
(d) Responsible

Short Answer 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?

2. What does Mr. Chong live in relation to Jing-Mei’s family when she’s growing up?

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

4. “Two Kinds” is a short story from Amy Tan’s book The Joy Luck Club. This collection of short stories revolves around the lives of Chinese immigrant women who form a club and play what game?

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

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