What does Jing-Mei's mother believe about America?

You can be anything you want to be

How does Jing-Mei's mother try to turn Jing-Mei into a prodigy?

She tries to make Jing-Mei look like Shirley Temple, She makes Jing-Mei try to memorize the Bible, She makes Jing-Mei guess daily temperatures in cities around the world, She tests Jing-Mei on the capitals of states and countries

What happens when Jing-Mei's mom tries to make Jing-Mei continue practicing the piano?

Jing-Mei tells her mother she wishes she were dead like her mother's twins

After failing her mother's tests many times, what does Jing-Mei decide?

Jing-Met decides she will not let her mom change her

What happens when Jing-Mei performs at the talent show?

She messes up the song and keeps going until the end

Why does Jing-Mei become lazy at practicing the piano?

She realizes Mr. Chong is deaf and cannot clearly see her mistakes

Why does Jing-Mei's mother want Jing-Mei to start playing the piano?

She saw a girl who looked just like Jing-Mei on TV on The Ed Sullivan Show

Who does Jing-Mei become as a result of her "right to fall short of expectations"?

She got bad grades and dropped out of college

What happened to Jing-Mei's mother before she came to the US?

She lost her home, her parents, her husband, and her twin babies

What does Jing-Mei realize at the end of the story when she finally plays the piano again?

She had only played one half of a whole song

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"Two Kinds" from The Joy Luck Club

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1
What does Jing-Mei's mother believe about America?
You have to save money in case disaster strikes
You can win the lottery and become rich and famous
You have to be careful about everyone you meet
You can be anything you want to be
2
How does Jing-Mei's mother try to turn Jing-Mei into a prodigy?
She tries to make Jing-Mei look like Shirley Temple
She makes Jing-Mei try to memorize the Bible
She makes Jing-Mei guess daily temperatures in cities around the world
She tests Jing-Mei on the capitals of states and countries
3
What happens when Jing-Mei's mom tries to make Jing-Mei continue practicing the piano?
Jing-Mei tells her mother that she hates her
Jing-Mei breaks the piano
Jing-Mei tells her mother she wishes she were dead like her mother's twins
Jing-Mei practices the piano as her mother wants her to
4
After failing her mother's tests many times, what does Jing-Mei decide?
Jing-Mei decides she is going to work even harder to make her mom proud
Jing-Mei decides to run away from home
Jing-Mei decides she will be a chess champion like Waverly
Jing-Met decides she will not let her mom change her
5
What happens when Jing-Mei performs at the talent show?
She messes up the song and keeps going until the end
She messes up the song and runs away in the middle of her performance
She trips as she gets on stage and is embarrassed
She wows the crowd and her parents are proud
6
Why does Jing-Mei become lazy at practicing the piano?
She realizes Mr. Chong is deaf and cannot clearly see her mistakes
She is a genius at the piano and does not need to practice
Her mom does not make her practice enough
She feels Mr. Chong is too tough on her, so she gives up
7
Why does Jing-Mei's mother want Jing-Mei to start playing the piano?
She was given a free piano
She did not want Jing-Mei to play the piano
She realized Jing-Mei had musical talent
She saw a girl who looked just like Jing-Mei on TV on The Ed Sullivan Show
8
Who does Jing-Mei become as a result of her "right to fall short of expectations"?
She moved to China to understand her mother more
She fell in with a bad crowd and went to jail
She got bad grades and dropped out of college
She got married young and left home
9
What happened to Jing-Mei's mother before she came to the US?
She was a wealthy woman who lost her fortune
She lost her home, her parents, her husband, and her twin babies
She lost her memory and could not remember who she was
10
Who are the main characters of "Two Kinds"?
Jing-Mei and Waverly
Jing-Mei and her uncle
Jing-Mei and Mrs. Lindo-Jong
Jing-Mei and her mother
11
What does Jing-Mei realize at the end of the story when she finally plays the piano again?
She realized she missed her mother
She had failed because she had been given a difficult song to play
She had only played one half of a whole song
Her mother had also been a musical prodigy

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