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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The majority of the narrative of “Two Kinds” is related from what perspective?
(a) Second-person
(b) First-person
(c) Third-person
(d) Fourth-person

2. What is the name of Auntie Lindo’s daughter in the story?
(a) An-Mei
(b) Waverly
(c) Betty
(d) Ying-Ying

3. Who does Jing-Mei tell her mother she wishes she were like as they argue about piano practice after the talent show?
(a) Her great-grandmother
(b) Her distant cousins
(c) Her “dead” daughters
(d) Her first husband

4. How old is the boy at the talent show that is described as wearing a fake moustache and doing a magic show?
(a) 12
(b) 18
(c) 10
(d) 16

5. What illness did Jing-Mei’s mother contract while trying to flee China?
(a) Pneumonia
(b) Malaria
(c) Gangrene
(d) Dysentery

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jing-Mei say she mostly did do while she was practicing her music for the talent show?

2. When did the Japanese invasion of China take place, leading Jing-Mei’s mother to flee China?

3. When Jing-Mei refuses to practice piano after the talent show, she tells her mother, “Why should I? I’m not” what?

4. What sensation does Jing-Mei describe as she begins hitting one wrong note after another during the talent show?

5. What is Jing-Mei’s last name in the story?

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