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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Jing-Mei and her parents travel home after the talent show?
(a) By taxi
(b) By train
(c) By limousine
(d) By bus

2. What is Auntie Lindo’s husband’s name?
(a) Uncle Tom
(b) Uncle Tin
(c) Uncle Lee
(d) Uncle Wu

3. How does Jing-Mei describe the look on her mother’s face when Jing-Mei looks up from her curtsey after her piano solo in the talent show?
(a) Joyful
(b) Stricken
(c) Proud
(d) Confused

4. How many sons does Auntie Lindo have in the story?
(a) 2
(b) 1
(c) 3
(d) 4

5. 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?
(a) Australia
(b) Great Britain
(c) Kenya
(d) France

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Jing-Mei’s mother in “Two Kinds”?

2. Jing-Mei says that her mother offered to give her the piano for her birthday when she turned how old?

3. What musical term from the story means pertaining to the lowest part in harmonic music?

4. At the end of the story, Jing-Mei says, “After I had the piano tuned, I opened the lid and touched the keys.” How does she say it sounded?

5. What musical term in the story refers to the sounding of notes in a chord in rapid succession instead of simultaneously?”

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