Why does the daughter respond to mother, "Why don't you like me the way I am?"

she thinks mother does not value her and wants to change her

she feels mother doesn't love her

she fears she can't become a genius

What does Jing-Mei think of Old Chong?

She doesn't like him much. She doesn't like that she has to take piano lessons.

She likes him a lot and loves that she has to take piano lessons.

She doesn't like him much because she misses her old piano instructor.

She likes him a lot despite not wanting to take piano lessons.

What did Jing-Mei's mother believe?

She believed in the American Dream

She believed they should leave America and go back to China

She believed in the power of piano lessons

She believed in Jing-Mei's ability to play the piano

What was the effect of the tests on Jing-Mei?

She hated disappointing her mother.

She always looked forward to them.

She viewed them as a challenge.

Why does Jing-Mei's mother call her ungrateful?

Her mother is providing a lot of opportunities for Jing-Mei but she feels that Jing-Mei does not appreciate them.

Jing-Mei threw a party after the talent show and trashed the house without cleaning it up.

Jing-Mei refused to participate in the talent show.

Jing-Mei didn't want to take piano lessons anymore.

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

Read this sentence from "Two Kinds." Here, the narrator explains that she has continued to disappoint her mother. In the years that followed, I failed her so many times, each time asserting my own will, my right to fall short of expectations. What perspective does this comment reveal about the narrator?

Disappointing her mother was unavoidable but devastating

She desperately wanted to overcome failure.

Failure became a way for her to express her independence.

Her mother's expectations served as a warning to her

Read this passage. Here, the narrator explains how she began reacting to her mother's quizzes. I had new thoughts, willful thoughts, or rather thoughts filled with lots of won'ts. I won't let her change me, I promised myself. I won't be what I'm not! So now on nights when my mother presented her tests, I performed listlessly, my head propped on one arm. I pretended to be bored. Which sentence best explains what drives or motivates, the narrator to act bored?

She decides that she will not be pushed into becoming a prodigy.

She feels like a failure when she doesn't know the answers to the tests

She realizes that learning piano is more interesting than taking tests.

She believes that the tests represent her mother's anger at her.

"Of course, you can be a prodigy, too," my mother told me when I was nine. Jing-mei’s mother’s expectations in this excerpt (page 1) help to develop…

Jing-mei’s sense of opportunity and hope

Jing-mei’s sense of disappointment

“I hated the tests, the raised hopes and failed expectations” (p.2). This quote suggests that Jing-mei at this point…

doesn’t care about what her mother says

In “Two Kinds,” why is the daughter at first excited about her mother’s expectations for her?

She hopes that she will win her parents’ approval.

She identifies with the child star, Shirley Temple.

She wants to prove that she has more talent than Waverly.

She is bored and hopes to find an outlet for her talent.

How did Jing-mei’s attitude change from the beginning of the story to the end?

She believed that she was a prodigy, but later recognizes that she stifled that part of herself.

She was very sure she was a prodigy throughout the story

At first she believed she could be a prodigy, but later discovers she can only be herself.

She was unmotivated and believed she could only be herself.

“It was not the only disappointment my mother felt in me. In the years that followed, I failed her many times, each time asserting my will, my right to fall short of expectations ” (p.7). Why did Jing-mei fail “in the years that followed”?

Her mother was too overbearing.

She just didn’t find the right kind of prodigy.

Two Kinds Quiz

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30 sec • 1 pt

When Jing-Mei looks in the mirror one day, she changes from sad to angry and realizes ...

she is powerful.

she will always be afraid of her mother.

she will never be good at the piano.

she is not going to stay in America.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Select ALL correct answers:

Auntie Lindo and Jing-Mei's mother ...

are always kind to each other.

compete with each other about their daughters' accomplishments.

like to brag about/show off their children.

always enjoy each other's company.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When Jing Mei's mother wants her to take piano lessons, Jing Mei might feel ...

confident that her mother believes she can be a genius.

insecure that her mother does not value her as she is.

afraid she will show up all the other girls.

empowered that she can be who she wants to be.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An important theme, or message, from "Two Kinds" is

Keep an open mind about what you can achieve.

Accepting yourself for who you are is more important than achievement.

Children should be who their parents want them to be.

Obedience is more important than anything else.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Both the narrator and mother share the personality trait of ...

Obedience

Stubbornness

Carelessness

Peacefulness

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What motivates the narrator to do poorly on her mother's quizzes?

Her desire to not become a prodigy combined with a stubbornness about her mother.

Her wish to become a famous piano player and make lots of money.

Her avoidance of reality and fear of changing.

Her ideas about happiness and perfection.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What three things does Auntie Lindo do around the narrators daughter?

brags, show off Waverly's accomplishments, show competition between the girls

complains about her accomplishments, suggests Waverly could help, gives Waverly's trophies away

doesn't speak, says bad things, walks away

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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Two Kinds Quiz

When Jing-Mei looks in the mirror one day, she changes from sad to angry and realizes ...

Select ALL correct answers:Auntie Lindo and Jing-Mei's mother ...

When Jing Mei's mother wants her to take piano lessons, Jing Mei might feel ...

An important theme, or message, from "Two Kinds" is

Both the narrator and mother share the personality trait of ...

What motivates the narrator to do poorly on her mother's quizzes?

What three things does Auntie Lindo do around the narrators daughter?

Why does the daughter respond to mother, "Why don't you like me the way I am?"

What does Jing-Mei think of Old Chong?

What did Jing-Mei's mother believe?

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