"Two Kinds" from The Joy Luck Club

What does Jing-mei's mother want most for her?

• to discover and develop a special talent

• to make a lot of money when she is older

• to go to China

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Why does Jing-mei do such a poor job at playing the piano when she performs in front of everyone at the talent show?

• She got too anxious and ran off the stage mid-performance

• She forgot she was performing at the talent show so she never showed up

• She never really put effort into learning how to play the piano and her piano teacher was deaf

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In the beginning of the story, Jing-mei's mother continually quizzes her over a variety of talents and abilities. Jing-mei starts to hate these "quizzes". Why?

• She just wishes she could play the piano instead

• She doesn't like the magazines or TV shows her mom is getting the ideas from

• She realizes she is disappointing her mother when she cannot pass the quizzes

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What does lamented mean?

• to show an interest in

• to express sorrow about

• to be extremely afraid

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If you experience indignity, you most likely have been

• laughing really hard

• disrespected by someone

• sleeping for a long time

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If someone is new at playing an instrument, their music may sound

• pleasant

• harmonious

• discordant

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If two people are squabbling, they are probably

• asking each other for advice

• fighting over a small matter

• eating lunch together

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If a natural disaster has devastated an area of land, the land is most likely

• destroyed

• rebuilt

• a little flooded

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Auntie Lindo talks to Jing-mei and her mother about her daughter, Waverly, and how well she can play chess. What Auntie Lindo actually doing during this scene in the story?

• showing true concern about her daughter and trying to get Jing-mei to spend more time with her

• disguising her bragging as complaining and showing off her daughter's accomplishments

• hoping that Waverly hears so she feels convinced to stop playing chess

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What does Jing-mei come to realize when she looks at herself in the mirror?

• she needs to become a prodigy so she finally stops disappointing her mother

• she needs to go play Chess with her cousin Waverly

• she has the ability to make her own choices about what she will do and who she will be

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