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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’s mother do to earn money for the family when Jing-Mei is a child?
2. Jing-Mei describes Mr. Chong when she began piano lessons with him as “very strange, always tapping his fingers to the silent music of” what?
3. How old is the boy at the talent show that is described as wearing a fake moustache and doing a magic show?
4. What musical term, taught by Mr. Chong to Jing-Mei in their lessons, means pertaining to the highest part in harmonized music?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. What innovations in literary style is Amy Tan known for?
2. How does Jing-Mei describe her life as she passed from childhood to adulthood? In what ways does she say she disappointed her mother?
3. How does Jing-Mei describe the process of playing scales for Mr. Chong?
4. What does Jing-Mei overhear her mother saying about her to Auntie Lindo midway through the story?
5. Describe the narrative style of the story. Who is the narrator and how is her perspective defined?
6. How are the pressures of immigrant families depicted through the character of Suyuan Woo in “Two Kinds”?
7. How does the narrative style in “Two Kinds” shift throughout the story? Why does it shift?
8. How does Jing-Mei describe her relationship to the piano after her fallout with her mother after the talent show?
9. How did critics receive The Joy Luck Club and “Two Kinds” upon publication?
10. Why does Amy Tan employ the techniques of oral tradition in “Two Kinds”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze and discuss the character of Mr. Chong in “Two Kinds.” What was Mr. Chong’s profession prior to his retirement? How old does Jing-Mei perceive Mr. Chong to be? Where does Mr. Chong live? How does Mr. Chong relate to Jing-Mei?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the song “Pleading Child” from Schumann’s Scenes from Childhood and examine the symbolism of this song in the story. How does this song correlate to Jing-Mei’s relationship with her mother? What does she later discover about the song?
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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