ENG 13: Two Kinds - Amy Tan

Identify the stylistic device: "And now I realized how many people were in the audience- the whole world, it seemed".

How many days after the talent show is it when Jing-Mei is surprised that her mother insists she practice piano?

The main source of conflict between Jing-mei and her mother is Jing-mei’s...

The mother’s schemes for promoting her daughter’s career as a “prodigy” are best described as...

What was the first story about a child prodigy they read in the magazine about?

DEFINITION: a young person who is exceptionally talented or intelligent

Which of the following is NOT fitting theme for the story?

Stylistic device? "I kept thinking my fingers would adjust themselves back, like a train switching to the right track."

Jing-Mei says of Mr. Chong when she began piano lessons that “he must have been younger than I thought, since he” what?

Jing-Mei describes the fingers of Mr. Chong’s mother as feeling like what?

What is the irony in the story?

DEFINITION: blame, criticism, disapproval 

Why did Jing-Mei's mother move to America?

Based on the mother’s behavior toward Jing-mei, a reader can infer that the mother—

According to Jing-mei’s mother, what are the “two kinds”?