Worksheets"Two Kinds" by Amy Tan Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 30mins
In "Two Kinds," how does mother feel about life in America?
Bitter
Hopeful
In "Two Kinds," why does mother take her daughter to get her hair curled?
She wants her daughter to look like Shirley Temple
She wants her daughter to look more grown up.
Which statement best explains why the daughter develops a negative attitude toward her mother's quizzes?
She feels that the tests keep getting harder.
She is not interested in geography or math.
She sees herself disappointing her mother.
She wants to play piano instead of taking tests.
In "Two Kinds," what does the mother hope for her daughter?
a meeting with Ed Sullivan
a way to happiness
a good career
a special talent
What does the daughter realize when she becomes angry at her reflection in the mirror?
She has the power to decide for herself who she will be.
If she doesn't become a prodigy, she won't succeed at anything.
She can be the prodigy her mother wants her to be.
If she does become a prodigy, she will be sad.
When the daughter says to her mother, "Why don't you like me the way I am? I'm not a genius!" she believes
her mother knows she is not a genius.
she doesn't deserve piano lessons.
her mother must not value her as she is.
she must work harder than other people to be successful.
What was the daughter's motive for acting bored with her mother's quizzes?
She wants to learn to play the piano a lot more than she wants to master the tests.
She wants to avoid failure.
She refuses to be pushed into becoming a prodigy.
She is trying to make her mother get mad and hit her.
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.
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 happens at the talent show?
Jing-Mei plays horribly
Jing-Mei plays beautifully
Jing-Mei wins first place
Jing-Mei doesn't perform
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 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.
