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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What musical term, taught by Mr. Chong to Jing-Mei in their lessons, means pertaining to the highest part in harmonized music?
(a) Treble
(b) Sonata
(c) Scale
(d) Bass

2. What musical term from the story means pertaining to the lowest part in harmonic music?
(a) Treble
(b) Bass
(c) Scale
(d) Sonata

3. Which of the following is a major theme throughout “Two Kinds”?
(a) Father-daughter relationships
(b) Mother-daughter relationships
(c) Sister-brother rivalry
(d) Political corruption

4. How does Jing-Mei describe the secondhand piano that her parents bought for her?
(a) It was the eyesore of our household
(b) It was so ratty we kept it in the basement
(c) It was the showpiece of our living room
(d) It was used like a kitchen table for years

5. What word from the story means to play music with a vibratory or quavering effect?
(a) Sonata
(b) Trill
(c) Treble
(d) Bass

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Jing-Mei says in the beginning of the story that at first her mother thought she could be a Chinese Shirley Temple. “We’d watch Shirley’s old movies on TV as though they were” what?

3. At what time does Jing-Mei’s mother insist that Jing-Mei begin her piano practice following the talent show fiasco?

4. What literary term refers to a short impressionistic scene that focuses on one moment or gives a trenchant impression about a character, idea, setting, or object?

5. What does Jing-Mei say Mr. Chong would balance on her wrists as she practiced piano so that she would keep them still?

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