Exploring Themes in Two Kinds by Amy Tan

What did the narrator's mother believe about opportunities in America?

• You could only become rich.

• You could only work for the government.

• You could be anything you wanted to be.

• You could only work in restaurants.

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What was the first prodigy role the narrator's mother envisioned for her?

• A famous scientist

• A chess champion

• A piano prodigy

• A Chinese Shirley Temple

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How did the narrator feel about the tests her mother gave her?

• She enjoyed them.

• She felt indifferent.

• She hated them.

• She found them easy.

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What did the narrator's mother do after seeing the young Chinese girl play piano on TV?

• She bought a piano immediately.

• She arranged piano lessons for the narrator.

• She decided to teach the narrator herself.

• She gave up on the idea of the narrator being a prodigy.

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What piece was the narrator supposed to play at the talent show?

• Anitra's Dance

• Pleading Child

• Moonlight Sonata

• Fur Elise

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How did the narrator perform at the talent show?

• She played a different piece.

• She played perfectly.

• She made several mistakes.

• She refused to play.

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What was the narrator's reaction to her mother's continued insistence on piano practice after the talent show?

• She ignored her mother.

• She eagerly agreed.

• She asked for a different teacher.

• She rebelled and refused.

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What did the narrator's mother offer her for her 30th birthday?

• A new piano

• A trip to China

• A music scholarship

• The old piano

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What did the narrator find inside the piano bench?

• New sheet music

• A letter from her mother

• Old exercise notes and music books

• A hidden treasure

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What realization did the narrator have about the two pieces 'Pleading Child' and 'Perfectly Contented'?

• They were unrelated.

• They were two halves of the same song.

• One was much harder than the other.

• They were written by different composers.

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