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WorksheetsTwo Kinds Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
In "Two Kinds," what does the mother hope for her daughter?
a way to happiness
a good career
a special talent
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.
In "Two Kinds," what does the daughter realize when she becomes angry at her reflection in the mirror?
If she does not become a prodigy, she will not succeed at anything.
If she becomes a prodigy, she will be a sad, unpleasant girl.
She has the power to decide for herself who she will be.
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.
Which of the following is the best definition for lamented?
Express sorrow about
Showed appreciation for
Expressed annoyance at
Which situation most clearly shows an example of squabbling? Base your answer 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.
Which situation would most likley cause a person to feel devastated? Base your choice on the meaning of devastated.
Jon's younger sister cannot grasp his explanation of chemistry.
Komal graduates at the top of his high school class.
No one shows up for Joshua's thirteenth birthday party.
Read this passage from "Two Kinds." Here, Auntie Lindo, Waverly's mother, is speaking to the narrator's mother about Waverly.
"She bring home too many trophy," lamented Auntie Lindo that Sunday. "All day she play chess. All day I have no time do nothing but dust off her winnings."
Which statement best describes what this passage reveals about the characters and their situation? Choose all that apply.
Auntie Lindo thinks it is fine to brag if she pretends to be complaining.
Auntie Lindo is jealous that the narrator also has trophies.
Auntie Lindo is tired of dusting all of Waverly's accomplishments.
Auntie Lindo likes to show off Waverly's accomplishments.
Auntie Lindo and the narrator's mother compete over their children.
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 the question, 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.
Part B - Which additional quotation from "Two Kinds" best supports the answer to Part A?
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!"
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.
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.
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
In "Two Kinds," which character trait do the daughter and mother share?
sensitvity
stubbornness
cheerfulness
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 my 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 ore interesting than taking tests.
She decides that she will not be pushed into becoming a prodigy.
Read this sentence from "Two Kinds." Here, the narrator explains that she has continued to her mother.
In the years that followed, I failed her so many times, each time asserting my own will, my right to fall short of expectations.
What perspective does this comment reveal about the narrator?
She desperately wanted to overcome failure.
Failure became a way for her to express her independence.
Disappointing her mother was unavoidable but devastating.
Which word in this sentence is a possessive noun?
Keisha and Dashawn liked Sam's singing, but Taylor liked my piano playing.
Keisha
Sam's
Taylor
Which sentence contains both a common noun and a proper noun?
Sara was tired of trying to please her demanding mother.
The ambitious mother wanted her daughter to be a prodigy.
Susan thought Yolanda was more talented than Janelle.
Read the following sentence.
Mike wanted Mike's mother to help Samantha and her friend prepare for the talent show.
Choose the sentence that correctly replaces a noun in this sentence with a possessive pronoun without changing the original meaning.
He wanted Mike's mother to help Samantha and her friend prepare for the talent show.
Mike wanted mother his to help Samantha and her friend prepare for the talent show.
Mike wanted Mike's mother to help Samantha and Samantha's friend prepare for the talent show.
Read the following sentence.
Most people call Misha a prodigy, but I think his sister has more talent.
Choose the answer that correctly identifies the personal pronoun and the proper noun in the sentence.
personal pronoun: Most
proper noun: Misha
personal pronoun: Misha
proper noun: prodigy
personal pronoun: I
proper noun: Misha
