Two Kinds by Amy Tan

DEFINITION: a young person who is exceptionally talented or intelligent

• reverie
• prodigy
• reproach
• ambitious 

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Which of the following is NOT  fitting theme for the story?

• Pride
• Friendship
• Being yourself
• Forgiveness

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

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Characterize the narrator of the story:

• Kind, easy going
• Musician 
• Stubborn, cruel streak, self assertive
• Loving, low selfesteem

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What is the irony in the story?

• The mother had two dead twin children, and the narrator wished she was dead too
• The narrator ended up getting the piano as a gift in the end, after her mother died
• The narrator played poorly at the recital, and her mother still made her practice piano
• The narrator only embarrasses herself when she does bad at the recital, her mother doesn't care

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What is the significance of the title?

• The mother tells her daughter, there are two kinds of daughters ones that are obedient and ones that do what they want
• There are two kinds of people, people that are good at music and those that are not
• There were two different songs the narrator could play
• The narrator feels two ways about her mother, hate and love

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

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What best defines the conflict in the story?

• Man vs. Society: Narrator vs. Audience: Everyone in the audience thinks the narrator performed badly
• Man vs. Supernatural: The narrator vs. her piano: The piano is haunted and made her play terribly at the recital
• Man vs. Man: Narrator vs. her cousin Waverly: The narrator hates her perfect cousin
• Man vs. Man: Mother vs. Daughter: The mother wants her daughter to be something the daughter is not

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Identify the literary element in the following passage "And now I realized how many people were in the audience- the whole world, it seemed"

• Personfication
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Hyperbole

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The mother’s schemes for promoting her daughter’s career as a “prodigy” are best described as

• Appropriate and well-planned
• Insensitive and unrealistic
• Lighthearted and joyous
• Sensitive and warm

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Identify the literary element in the following passage: "I kept thinking my fingers would adjust themselves back, like a train switching to the right track"

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Hyperbole

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What is the setting of the story?

• China Town, California 1960's
• New York City, modern day

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