Two Kinds

Characterize the narrator of the story:

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

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

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.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

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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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the setting of the story?

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

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

 Which of the following is NOT something mentioned in the text that the narrator's mother lost in China?

• twins
• husband
• family home
• her car

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Who is the first actor that the narrator says that her mother tried to get her immitate?

• Shirley Temple
• Ed Sullivan
• Greta Garbo
• Judy Garland

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

When mother watched the Ed Sullivan, she pushed the narrator into taking what kind of lessons?

• guitar
• piano
• dancing
• singing

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

  In "Two Kinds," how does the mother feel about life in America? 

• She feels depressed and bitter.
• She is resentful and angry
• She is fearful and nervous.
• She is optomistic and hopeful.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which statement best sums up the daughter's attitude toward her mother's quizzes in "Two Kinds"?  

• She enjoys them endlessly.
• She wishes to perform perfectly.
• She is impatient and bored
• She is eager to please.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3