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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 first lessons with Mr. Chong, Jing-Mei says, “I would play after him, the simple scale, the simple chord and then I just played some nonsense that sounded like” what?
(a) A solitary violin
(b) A chorus of birds singing in the treetops
(c) A cat running up and down on top of garbage cans
(d) A crash of bricks against a tin rooftop

2. Who performs first at the talent show where Jing-Mei makes her piano debut?
(a) The adults
(b) The oldest children
(c) The youngest children
(d) The trombone players

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) Bass
(c) Treble
(d) Sonata

4. How does Jing-Mei say her academic career ended in “Two Kinds”?
(a) She earned a master’s degree
(b) She earned a law degree
(c) She earned a bachelor’s degree
(d) She dropped out of college

5. As Jing-Mei walks back to her seat after her performance in the talent show, she overhears a little boy say to his mother, “That was awful.” What does the boy’s mother reply?
(a) She was wonderful
(b) Shh. She’s right there
(c) She was terrible
(d) Well, she certainly tried

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jing-Mei describe her mother’s first children in the beginning of the story?

2. Where did author Amy Tan grow up?

3. What color does Jing-Mei say her mother knitted sweaters in, which were also “all the colors I hated”?

4. Where does Jing-Mei describe the piano as standing in her parents’ living room at the end of the story?

5. What does Jing-Mei promise herself when she has the revelation while staring in the bathroom mirror as a child?

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