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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Jing-Mei use to describe Auntie Lindo’s daughter in the narrative?
(a) Snotty
(b) Humble
(c) Voluptuous
(d) Gracious

2. Who does Jing-Mei tell her mother she wishes she were like as they argue about piano practice after the talent show?
(a) Her “dead” daughters
(b) Her distant cousins
(c) Her great-grandmother
(d) Her first husband

3. What musical term from the story refers to a composition for one or two instruments, typically comprised of three or four movements in contrasting forms and keys?
(a) Scale
(b) Treble
(c) Sonata
(d) Bass

4. The majority of the narrative of “Two Kinds” is related from what perspective?
(a) First-person
(b) Fourth-person
(c) Second-person
(d) Third-person

5. When Jing-Mei’s mother enrolls her in piano lessons, Jing-Mei says, “I can’t play the piano. And even if I could, I wouldn’t” what?
(a) Go on TV if you paid me a million dollars
(b) Take lessons from Mr. Chong
(c) Be able to play it well enough for your expectations
(d) Play for you

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness did Jing-Mei’s mother contract while trying to flee China?

2. When Jing-Mei’s mother asks her for the capital of Finland, Jing-Mei responds with the capital of what country in the beginning of the story?

3. What does Jing-Mei’s mother tell her she looks like after she’s been given a bad perm at the beauty school?

4. 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?

5. What word from the story means to play music with a vibratory or quavering effect?

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