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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Jing-Mei’s hair debacle where it was cut off like a boy’s, what statement does she make about her feelings of the haircut?
(a) I liked the haircut and felt like I would now no longer be bullied in school
(b) I thought the haircut made me look like a villain from a Disney movie
(c) I hated the haircut and it made me feel like I would never live up to my mother’s expectations
(d) I liked the haircut and it made me actually look forward to my future fame

2. When was the Chinese Exclusion Act signed into law?
(a) 1882
(b) 1862
(c) 1948
(d) 1915

3. Why does Jing-Mei say she sent a tuner to recondition the piano at her parents’ house?
(a) Because I wanted to have it appraised
(b) Because I planned to play it again
(c) For purely sentimental reasons
(d) Because I wanted to sell it

4. What does Jing-Mei say she never really did while she practiced for her talent show?
(a) Worry about how she looked while playing
(b) Connect with the music that flowed through her
(c) Listened to what she was playing
(d) Think about anything other than the music

5. Of what ethnicity is the little girl on The Ed Sullivan Show that Jing-Mei and her mother watch playing piano?
(a) Japanese
(b) Chinese
(c) Eastern European
(d) African

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the nickname that Auntie Lindo’s daughter is known by in the area where Jing-Mei grows up?

2. How does Jing-Mei describe her family’s television at the time when her mother watched The Ed Sullivan Show?

3. Who does Jing-Mei tell her mother she wishes she were like as they argue about piano practice after the talent show?

4. The Magnuson Act was passed in the year that China became what?

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

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