7thELA Narrative Test_ Mr.Kelley_8.31.22

In "Two Kinds", what does the mother hope for her daughter?

• a meeting with Ed Sullivan

• a way to happiness

• a good career

• a special talent

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Which statement best explains why the daughter in “Two Kinds” develops a negative attitude toward her mother’s quizzes?

• She finds the tests getting harder and harder.

• She is not interested in geography or math.

• She sees herself disappointing her mother.

• She wants to play piano instead of taking tests.

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In “Two Kinds,” which of the following are reasons that the daughter plays badly at the talent show? Choose TWO options.

• She has not been taught well by her teacher, who is deaf.

• She wants Waverly, not herself, to win the talent show.

• She does not sincerely try to learn her selected piece.

• She does not wish to play well at the talent show.

• She is too nervous to play well in front of an audience.

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Which situation most clearly shows an example of squabbling? Base your choice on the meaning of squabbling.

• Jose asks Leila for advice on how to fix his bicycle.

• Kim and Li fight over who gets to go first up the stairs.

• Jamal bores his friends with stories of winning video games.

• Ed and Ramón discuss their differing opinions about politics.

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The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.

           Part A In “Two Kinds,” the mother arranges for the daughter to have piano lessons. The daughter gives the following response.

“Why don’t you like me the way I am? I’m not a genius!”

                Based on this quotation, choose what the daughter most likely believes.

• If her mother wants her to develop a talent, then her mother must not value her as she is.

• If her mother wants her to develop a talent, then her mother must realize that she is not a genius.

• Because she is not a genius, she does not deserve her mother’s efforts to improve her.

• Because she is not a genius, she must work harder than other people do to succeed.

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The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B. Part A In “Two Kinds,” the mother arranges for the daughter to have piano lessons. The daughter gives the following response.

“Why don’t you like me the way I am? I’m not a genius!”

Part B Which additional quotation from “Two Kinds” best supports the answer to Part A?

• In all of my imaginings, I was filled with a sense that I would soon become perfect.

• It was as if I knew, without a doubt, that the prodigy side of me really did exist. I had no fear whatsoever, no nervousness.

• I felt the shame of my mother and father as they sat stiffly throughout the rest of the show.

• “You want me to be someone that I’m not!” I sobbed. “I’ll never be the kind of daughter you want me to be!”

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The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.

Part A: Which statement best sums up the theme, or message, of “Two Kinds”?

• Determination is more important than genius.

• A happy family requires obedient children.

• Accepting oneself can be more important than success.

• A parent’s expectations inspire a child’s achievements.

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The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.

Part B: Which quotation from “Two Kinds” best supports the answer to Part A?

• “Of course, you can be prodigy, too,” my mother told me when I was nine. “You can be best anything.”

• “Only two kinds of daughters,” she shouted in Chinese. “Those who are obedient and those who follow their own mind!”

• For unlike my mother, I did not believe I could be anything I wanted to be. I could only be me.

• A few years ago, she offered to give me the piano, for my thirtieth birthday. I had not played in all those years.

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Analyze Craft and Structure

Identify the choice that best answers the question:

From which point of view is “Two Kinds” written?

• first person, from the daughter’s point of view

• first person, from the mother’s point of view

• third person, from the daughter’s point of view

• third person, from the mother’s point of view

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Read this passage from “Two Kinds.” 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. And I was.

                Which sentence best explains what drives, or motivates, the narrator to act bored?

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

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

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