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Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 2hrs 30mins
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 did Jing-Mei's mother believe?
She believed in the American Dream
She believed they should leave America and go back to China
She believed in the power of piano lessons
She believed in Jing-Mei's ability to play the piano
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
How does Jing-Mei feel about Waverly?
She is jealous of her.
They are best friends.
They are mortal enemies.
They have never met.
Why does the beauty training school instructor say that "Peter Pan" is very popular?
The beauty school student messed up and cut Jing-Mei's hair too short like a boy.
The movie had just come out and it was doing really well in theaters.
Jing-Mei actually doesn't like Peter Pan because Captain Hook scares her.
Jing-Mei's favorite Disney character is Tinkerbelle.
What is Jing-Mei most upset with at the talent show?
Her mother's disappointment
How much she messed up the song
That her friends laughed at her
The popular kids made fun of her
What happens when Jing-Mei refuses to play the piano?
Her mother grabs her and puts her in front of the piano.
Her mother lets her give up the piano.
Her mother says "Fine. I don't care."
Her mother cried.
What was the effect of the tests on Jing-Mei?
She hated disappointing her mother.
She loved taking them!
She always looked forward to them.
She viewed them as a challenge.
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.
How did Jing-Mei's mother get piano lessons for her?
She traded house cleaning for lessons.
She paid for the lessons.
She traded art lessons for piano lessons.
She traded gardening for piano lessons.
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.
Why did Old Chong retire?
He became deaf.
He became blind.
Jing-Mei was the toughest student he ever had, and he didn't want to deal with her anymore.
He didn't like the piano anymore.
