"Two Kinds"

What country did the mother flee from in order to get to America?

• Japan

• Thailand

• China

• Mexico

What happened to the mother's two daughters, twin baby girls?

• they came to America with her

• they were killed in the war

• they were kidnapped and sold

• they were given up for adoption

What is a prodigy?

• a child of unusually high talent

• a child who is big and strong

• a child who gets straight A's

• a child who is obedient to their parents

What was the consequence of Jing-mei failing all of her mother's unreasonable tests?

• it made her closer to her mother

• she thought it was a joke

• she didn't care

• she felt like a failure

How was the mother able to get Jing-mei piano lessons?

• she paid the teacher

• she traded house cleaning for piano lessons

• she taught Jing-mei herself

• she bought music books so Jing-mei could teach herself

Why is Old Chong in ineffective teacher?

• he's deaf

• he doesn't know how to teach

• he's nearly blind

• he's deaf and nearly blind

Why was Jing-mei's talent show performance a disaster?

• the music she selected was too difficult

• she messed up on purpose to anger her mother

• she didn't practice very hard

• she felt too much pressure

What was the mother's reaction to Jing-mei's terrible performance at the talent show?

• she hit Jing-mei

• she didn't say or do anything

• she screamed at Jing-mei

• she grounded Jing-mei

Why was Jing-mei disappointed that her mother didn't yell at her for her poor talent show performance?

• she wanted the chance to scream back at her

• she thought her mother didn't care if she was a prodigy or not

• she really wanted to be a prodigy

• she didn't want to be like Waverly

What did Jing-mei say to her mother that ended their big argument?

• she said she wished she had a different mother

• she said she wished she'd never been born

• she said she wished she were dead - like the twin girls

• she cussed her out