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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jing-Mei says that as a child “sometimes the prodigy in me became impatient.” What did Jing-Mei’s inner prodigy tell her at this time?
(a) If you don’t hurry up and get me out of here, I’m disappearing for good
(b) I’m dying of boredom. When are we going to do something fun?
(c) Tell her to stop making you do this. This is taking forever
(d) If I’m not on stage in a year, I’ll never get there

2. What musical term in the story refers to the sounding of notes in a chord in rapid succession instead of simultaneously?”
(a) Trill
(b) Sonata
(c) Arpeggio
(d) Bass

3. Jing-Mei says that during her childhood, the tests her mother gave her “got harder—multiplying numbers in my head, finding” what card in a deck of cards?
(a) The queen of hearts
(b) The ace of diamonds
(c) The joker card
(d) The five of spades

4. What similarity does Amy Tan share with Jing-Mei from “Two Kinds”?
(a) Her brother went on to become a lawyer
(b) Her mother left behind children in China
(c) Her mother committed suicide when she was young
(d) Her father was an Italian dentist

5. How does Jing-Mei say she felt when her time to perform her piano solo at the talent show came?
(a) I was scared, but hopeful
(b) I was worried
(c) I was very confident
(d) I was terrified

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When was Edvard Grieg born?

3. When Jing-Mei and her mother get into an argument about Jing-Mei beginning piano lessons, Jing-Mei’s mother exclaims, “If she had as much talent as she has temper, she would be” what?

4. Edvard Grieg is considered one of the leading composers of what era?

5. Examine the following sentence from the narrative: “I kept thinking my fingers would adjust themselves back, like a train switching to the right track.” What literary device is used in this example?

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