Two Kinds

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 does Jing-Mei's mother pressure her to become?

• a child prodigy

• a movie star

• Shirley Temple

• herself

How does Jing-Mei practice the piano?

• She doesn't apply herself

• She tries very hard

• She practices all the time

• She only practices with her instructor

What causes Jing-Mei to want to put a stop to her mother's pride?

• Her mother boasts about Jing-Mei and then enters her into a talent show

• Her mother won't let Jing-Mei enter the talent show

• Her mother won't stop buying Jing-Mei pianos

• Her mother won't stop speaking negatively about playing the piano

What would happen every night at dinner?

• Jing-Mei's mother would quiz her

• Jing-Mei would not eat

• Jing-Mei would play the piano

• Jing-Mei's mother would brag about her

What happens at the talent show?

• Jing-Mei plays horribly

• Jing-Mei plays beautifully

• Jing-Mei wins first place

• Jing-Mei doesn't perform

Jing-Mei's mother takes her to beauty training school to have her hair cut like...

• Shirley Temple

• Jing-Mei

• Mr. Chong

• Mrs. Woo

What does Jing-Mei say to finally defeat her mother?

• She talks about her twin half-siblings that are dead in China.

• She says that she hates her mother.

• She asks why can't her mother be more like her dad.

• She says she wants to run away.

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.

How does Jing-Mei change at the end of the story?

• She becomes proud of herself.

• She becomes a child prodigy.

• She becomes Shirley Temple.

• She becomes a world-renowned piano player.