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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from the narrative means under a magical trance?
(a) Trilled
(b) Elated
(c) Bewitched
(d) Engulfed

2. When did the Japanese invasion of China take place, leading Jing-Mei’s mother to flee China?
(a) 1937
(b) 1943
(c) 1911
(d) 1929

3. While watching the young piano prodigy on The Ed Sullivan Show with her mother, Jing-Mei says, “In spite of these warning signs, I wasn’t worried.” Why was Jing-Mei not concerned?
(a) Her mother knew she was tone deaf
(b) Her family couldn’t afford to buy a piano and lessons
(c) Her parents believed piano music was immoral
(d) Her mother didn’t enjoy the sound of the piano

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Shirley Temple when she began her film career?

2. What does Jing-Mei say she put her mother’s jewelry in after her death at the end of the story?

3. What does Jing-Mei’s mother trade with Mr. Chong so that Jing-Mei may take piano lessons from him?

4. What does Auntie Lindo’s daughter say matter-of-factly to Jing-Mei after her performance at the talent show?

5. When Jing-Mei’s mother still lived in China, her husband was serving as an officer where?

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