View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jing-Mei says that soon after her mother got the idea for her to be a Chinese Shirley Temple, she took her to a beauty school in what district?
(a) The Mission district
(b) Potrero Hill
(c) Noe Valley
(d) SoHo

2. What does Jing-Mei’s mother die from?
(a) A car accident
(b) Tuberculosis
(c) A brain aneurysm
(d) Cancer

3. What nickname does Jing-Mei say she secretly gave Mr. Chong when she began taking piano lessons with him?
(a) Wise Chong
(b) Old Chong
(c) Sage Chong
(d) Wicked Chong

4. As Jing-Mei walks back to her seat after her performance in the talent show, she overhears a little boy say to his mother, “That was awful.” What does the boy’s mother reply?
(a) She was terrible
(b) Shh. She’s right there
(c) Well, she certainly tried
(d) She was wonderful

5. How many days have passed since Jing-Mei and her mother watched The Ed Sullivan Show when Jing-Mei’s mother tells her that she will be taking piano lessons?
(a) 4
(b) 6
(c) 5
(d) 3

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Auntie Lindo’s daughter in the story?

2. Jing-Mei describes the fingers of Mr. Chong’s mother as feeling like what?

3. From what opera does Jing-Mei describe the “breasted girl with white makeup” singing from at the talent show?

4. What color dress does Jing-Mei describe the girl wearing that she watches playing piano on The Ed Sullivan Show with her mother?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 307 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample