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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long ago does Jing-Mei say she sent a tuner to her parents’ apartment to recondition the piano at the end of the story?
(a) A month ago
(b) A week ago
(c) Two days ago
(d) A year ago

2. Edvard Grieg was a composer and pianist from what country?
(a) Germany
(b) England
(c) France
(d) Norway

3. 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) Great Britain
(b) Australia
(c) Kenya
(d) France

4. At what time does Jing-Mei have access to Mr. Chong’s piano for her daily practice sessions when she begins studying with him?
(a) 2:00-6:00 p.m.
(b) 4:00-6:00 p.m.
(c) 3:00-5:00 p.m.
(d) 6:00-9:00 p.m.

5. Jing-Mei is to play a song from what Schumann opus at the talent show?
(a) Album for the Young
(b) Flower Piece
(c) Butterflies
(d) Scenes from Childhood

Short Answer Questions

1. Jing-Mei’s mother tells her when Jing-Mei resists taking piano lessons, “Who ask you be genius? Only ask you be” what?

2. What composition does the piano prodigy play by Edvard Grieg on The Ed Sullivan Show as Jing-Mei and her mother watch?

3. Where does Jing-Mei find her exercise notes and secondhand music books at the end of the story?

4. When Jing-Mei argues with her mother over piano practice after the talent show, she says, “As I said these things I got scared. I felt like” what were “crawling out of my chest”?

5. After Jing-Mei’s performance at the talent show, she says, “We could have escaped during intermission.” What does she say “must have anchored my parents to their chairs”?

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