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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Two Kinds.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where did Jing-Mei’s mother abandon her first children, hoping for them to become adopted?
(a) In a church cemetery
(b) Under a barren tree
(c) On church steps
(d) In a ditch outside of town
2. How does Jing-Mei say she felt when her time to perform her piano solo at the talent show came?
(a) I was worried
(b) I was very confident
(c) I was scared, but hopeful
(d) I was terrified
3. What complaint does Jing-Mei’s mother make about the young piano prodigy that she watches on The Ed Sullivan Show?
(a) Play note right, but doesn’t sound good! No singing sound
(b) Play wrong notes. Chords are all off
(c) Play not too good, but has character
(d) Play wrong notes and smiles without meaning to
4. Auntie Lindo tells Jing-Mei’s mother that all day long she has no time to do anything but what, when she is bragging about her daughter?
(a) Vacuum her daughter’s messes up
(b) Dust off her trophies
(c) Polish her daughter’s beauty crowns
(d) Clean her daughter’s pageant dresses
5. How many days after the talent show is it when Jing-Mei is surprised that her mother insists she practice piano?
(a) 5
(b) 4
(c) 3
(d) 2
Short Answer Questions
1. Describing her mother’s reaction to her hurtful words, Jing-Mei says, “she backed out of the room, stunned, as if she were blowing away like” what?
2. What is the name of the Schumann piece that Jing-Mei is to play at the talent show?
3. In the 1993 film adaptation of The Joy Luck Club, what actress played the role of Jing-Mei?
4. Jing-Mei describes sitting down nightly with her mother to examine stories of child prodigies when she was a child. The first of these stories is about a boy who knows all the state capitals and most of the European countries at what age?
5. How does Jing-Mei describe Auntie Lindo’s smile when she looks out at the audience before beginning her piano solo at the talent show?
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