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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 tell her she looks like after she’s been given a bad perm at the beauty school?
2. Jing-Mei says in the end of the story of her mother that she had “never found a way to ask her why she had hoped for something so large that” what “was inevitable”?
3. Jing-Mei soon learns after beginning her piano lessons with Mr. Chong that he is deaf. He compares himself to what composer, saying “We’re both listening only in our head”?
4. Edvard Grieg is considered one of the leading composers of what era?
5. What does the phrase “Ni kan” translate to, according to the narrator?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the concept of identity relate centrally to the conflicts in “Two Kinds”?
2. What “transformation” does Jing-Mei undergo while looking into the mirror as a child?
3. 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?
4. What is the most significant element of the communication and culture gaps between Jing-Mei and her mother in the story?
5. What cultural similarities can be seen between the author’s childhood and that of Jing-Mei in “Two Kinds”?
6. How does Jing-Mei describe her life as she passed from childhood to adulthood? In what ways does she say she disappointed her mother?
7. How does the central conflict of the story begin to manifest in Jing-Mei’s mind following her revelation in the mirror?
8. What theme connects “Two Kinds” to the other stories in The Joy Luck Club?
9. How does Jing-Mei describe her performance at the talent show?
10. What does Jing-Mei overhear her mother and Auntie Lindo talking about after she’s studied piano for a year?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the character of Jing-Mei Woo in “Two Kinds.” How old is Jing-Mei when the narrative begins with her mother’s discussion of child prodigies? Does Jing-Mei comment on the action of the story or does she relate it objectively? How does this reveal her character? How does Jing-Mei change in the course of the story?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze and discuss the character of Suyuan Woo in “Two Kinds.” How does Jing-Mei describe her mother’s tragic history and her immigration into the U.S.? What happened to Suyuan’s young twin daughters? What does Suyuan believe? How does she change in the story?
Essay Topic 3
Who is “Chinatown’s Littlest Chinese Chess Champion” in the story? What is Jing-Lei’s relationship like with this character? How did this character earn her title? How does this character differ from the protagonist in “Two Kinds”?
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