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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Jing-Mei say she mostly did do while she was practicing her music for the talent show?
2. After Jing-Mei’s mother tells her that she has enrolled her in piano lessons, Jing-Mei says, “When my mother told me this, I felt as though I had been” what?
3. By the time that Jing-Mei is preparing to play in the talent recital, her parents have bought her what kind of secondhand piano?
4. What college does Jing-Mei say she didn’t get into, causing more disappointment for her mother?
5. What is the nickname that Auntie Lindo’s daughter is known by in the area where Jing-Mei grows up?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Jing-Mei say her perceptions differed from her mother’s in regard to ambition as she looks back at the end of the story?
2. What do the Schumann songs at the end of the story represent symbolically?
3. What child star does Suyuan Woo attempt to mold her daughter into? What happens with this attempt?
4. How are the pressures of immigrant families depicted through the character of Suyuan Woo in “Two Kinds”?
5. How does Jing-Mei feel as she prepares to perform at the talent show?
6. What performer fascinates Suyuan Woo while watching the Ed Sullivan Show early in the story? How does Jing-Mei respond?
7. What innovations in literary style is Amy Tan known for?
8. How does Jing-Mei describe her performance at the talent show?
9. Why do you think the author chose to set the story (and the others in The Joy Luck Club) in San Francisco?
10. How does Jing-Mei describe Mr. Chong when she begins piano lessons with him? What does she secretly nickname him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Jing-Mei’s visit to the beauty salon and the actions that take place in this setting. Where is the Mission district? Why does Jing-Mei’s mother take her there to have her hair done? What are her expectations for the hairdo, and what are the results?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the theme of sacrifice as illustrated through the character of Suyuan Woo in “Two Kinds.” In what ways is “sacrifice” a central theme in the process of Suyuan’s immigration to the U.S.? What has she sacrificed in order for her daughter to have a better life?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the genre and tone of the story. Define these terms in your response and discuss how “Two Kinds” could be categorized into different genres. How does the author establish the tone of the story in the first pages?
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