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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the name of Auntie Lindo’s daughter in the story?
(a) Ying-Ying
(b) Betty
(c) Waverly
(d) An-Mei
2. How many mothers comprise the Joy Luck Club in the story?
(a) 4
(b) 7
(c) 6
(d) 5
3. When was the Chinese Exclusion Act signed into law?
(a) 1882
(b) 1915
(c) 1862
(d) 1948
4. What does Jing-Mei kick under her feet as her mother drags her to the piano for practice after the talent show?
(a) The cat
(b) The bedspread
(c) The piano bench
(d) Throw rugs
5. Where does Jing-Mei describe the piano as standing in her parents’ living room at the end of the story?
(a) In front of the door to the kitchen
(b) In front of the staircase
(c) In front of the bay windows
(d) In front of the television
Short Answer Questions
1. Of Auntie Lindo’s daughter, Jing-Mei says “We had grown up together and shared all the closeness of two sisters squabbling over crayons and dolls. In other words, for the most part, we” what?
2. Jing-Mei says that as a child “sometimes the prodigy in me became impatient.” What did Jing-Mei’s inner prodigy tell her at this time?
3. What does Jing-Mei’s mother tell her she looks like after she’s been given a bad perm at the beauty school?
4. What does Jing-Mei say Mr. Chong would balance on her wrists as she practiced piano so that she would keep them still?
5. What word does Jing-Mei use in describing Mr. Chong’s silent instrumental compositions with a vague and dreamy character?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the narrative style of the story. Who is the narrator and how is her perspective defined?
2. How does Jing-Mei describe her mother’s immigration to America in the opening of the story? What did she leave behind?
3. How do the subjects and themes in Amy Tan’s works relate to those of other Asian American authors?
4. How does Jing-Mei describe her performance at the talent show?
5. What child star does Suyuan Woo attempt to mold her daughter into? What happens with this attempt?
6. Who attends the talent show when Jing-Mei performs? How does Jing-Mei take the stage?
7. How does the narrative style in “Two Kinds” shift throughout the story? Why does it shift?
8. How does the concept of identity relate centrally to the conflicts in “Two Kinds”?
9. In what ways can the reader see early in the story that Jing-Mei’s ambitions (and her mother’s) are misplaced?
10. What does Jing-Mei discover about playing the piano as she begins her studies with Mr. Chong?
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