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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what opera does Jing-Mei describe the “breasted girl with white makeup” singing from at the talent show?
(a) Madame Butterfly
(b) Les Miserables
(c) Guys and Dolls
(d) The Phantom of the Opera

2. When was author Amy Tan born?
(a) 1911
(b) 1940
(c) 1965
(d) 1952

3. When was Edvard Grieg born?
(a) 1935
(b) 1798
(c) 1843
(d) 1919

4. Jing-Mei says in the beginning of the story that at first her mother thought she could be a Chinese Shirley Temple. “We’d watch Shirley’s old movies on TV as though they were” what?
(a) Training films
(b) Educational television
(c) Golden cinema
(d) Horror movies

5. What does Jing-Mei say to defend the young piano player on The Ed Sullivan Show when her mother criticizes her performance?
(a) She’s not that good, but she’s got a great dress and demeanor
(b) I think her playing sounds beautiful. I don’t know what you’re talking about
(c) She’s pretty good. Maybe she’s not the best, but she’s trying hard
(d) I’m sure she’s practiced. Her parents have money for good training

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Jing-Mei has a revelation while staring at herself in the bathroom mirror as a child, how does she describe the girl who is staring back at her?

3. What musical term from the story means pertaining to the lowest part in harmonic music?

4. What illness did Jing-Mei’s mother contract while trying to flee China?

5. Jing-Mei is surprised after her “talent-show fiasco” that her mother did not do what?

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