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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. In the 1993 film adaptation of The Joy Luck Club, what actress played the role of Jing-Mei?
(a) Kieu Chinh
(b) Tamlyn Tomita
(c) Tsai Chin
(d) Ming-Na Wen

2. How does Jing-Mei describe her mother’s first children in the beginning of the story?
(a) Twin baby girls
(b) Twin baby boys
(c) A boy and a girl
(d) Three sons

3. For how long does Jing-Mei say she practiced piano with Mr. Chong before she overheard her mother and Auntie Lindo bragging about their children?
(a) 4 weeks
(b) 5 months
(c) 1 year
(d) 2 years

4. How old was Shirley Temple when she began her film career?
(a) 5
(b) 3
(c) 8
(d) 10

5. In what year did the film Bright Eyes bring Shirley Temple international fame?
(a) 1959
(b) 1951
(c) 1948
(d) 1934

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. “Two Kinds” is a short story that was initially published in what periodical in February 1989?

3. How does Jing-Mei describe Auntie Lindo’s smile when she looks out at the audience before beginning her piano solo at the talent show?

4. When her mother offered to give her the piano for her birthday, Jing-Mei says she saw this action as what?

5. When was the Magnuson Act signed into law?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Suyuan Woo’s actions in the story encourage the wrong responses from her daughter? What effects does this have on Jing-Mei?

2. How does the narrative style in “Two Kinds” shift throughout the story? Why does it shift?

3. What child star does Suyuan Woo attempt to mold her daughter into? What happens with this attempt?

4. In what ways does Suyuan Woo lack in communication with her daughter in the beginning of the story?

5. How are the pressures of immigrant families depicted through the character of Suyuan Woo in “Two Kinds”?

6. How does Suyuan Woo develop and maintain her sense of identity in the story?

7. What does Jing-Mei discover about Mr. Chong’s disabilities as she studies with him? How does this discovery influence her actions?

8. How does Jing-Mei’s mother look after her performance at the talent show? What does Jing-Mei think as she watches the following performances?

9. How does Jing-Mei respond to her mother’s news that she will be taking piano lessons?

10. What does Jing-Mei overhear her mother saying about her to Auntie Lindo midway through the story?

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