Two Kinds by Amy Tan

What was the first prodigy idea the mother came up with for the narrator?

• pianist

• Actress like Shirley Temple

• test taker

• chess player

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Lamented means to

• worried

• angry

• express regret

• concerned

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At the beginning of the story, how did the narrator feel about being a prodigy?

• didn't want to do it.

• nervous

• anxious

• excited

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The narrator wanted her parents to

• adore her.

• help her.

• listen to her.

• patient with her.

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After the Shirley Temple idea didn't work, her mother started having her

• play chess.

• cut her hair.

• play the piano.

• take tests.

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How was the narrator's mother after she couldn't do the tests?

• hopeful

• disappointed

• angry

• regretful

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What does this sentence mean? After seeing my mother's disappointed face once again, something inside me began to die.

• The narrator wants to ask her mother for help.

• The narrator wanted to do something else.

• The narrator wanted another chance to make her mother proud.

• The narrator started to give up hope.

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"I won't let her change me, I promised myself. I won't be what I am not." What did the narrator mean by that?

• She's not going to listen to her inner voice.

• She is not going to let Aunt Lindo change her.

• She is not going to let her mother change her.

• She is not goingto let Waverly change her.

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The narrator began to perform listlessly and she propped her head on one arm. What was she trying to do to.

• Make her mother give up.

• Make her mother listen to her.

• Make her mother love her.

• Make her mother find another prodigy idea.

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Why wasn't the narrator worried that her mother would have her take piano lessons?

• The narrator didn't want to be a prodigy anymore.

• The narrator wasn't sure she wanted to play the piano.

• She thought her mother couldn't afford it.

• The narrator still wanted to belike Shirley Temple.

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