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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days have passed since Jing-Mei and her mother watched The Ed Sullivan Show when Jing-Mei’s mother tells her that she will be taking piano lessons?
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 3
(d) 6

2. What are the names of the families from the Joy Luck Club that come up to Jing-Mei’s mother and father after Jing-Mei’s performance at the talent show?
(a) The Woos, the Lees, and the Wilsons
(b) The Tsings, the Lees and the Hsus
(c) The Hsus, the Jongs, and the St. Clairs
(d) The Yus, the Tsings, and the Lees

3. In what year did the film Bright Eyes bring Shirley Temple international fame?
(a) 1934
(b) 1948
(c) 1959
(d) 1951

4. What does Jing-Mei’s mother die from?
(a) A brain aneurysm
(b) Cancer
(c) Tuberculosis
(d) A car accident

5. 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?
(a) It sounded like my mother’s voice
(b) It sounded even richer than I remembered
(c) It sounded like there was a dying cat inside
(d) It sounded softer and more brittle than I remembered

Short Answer Questions

1. Jing-Mei is surprised after her “talent-show fiasco” that her mother did not do what?

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

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

4. How does Jing-Mei described her family’s kitchen table where she would sit after dinner with her mother during her childhood?

5. While watching the young piano prodigy on The Ed Sullivan Show with her mother, Jing-Mei says, “In spite of these warning signs, I wasn’t worried.” Why was Jing-Mei not concerned?

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