Setting
Characters
Conflict
Motivation
Extra!
100
Where is Jing Mei's mother from?
What is China
100
Who is the "littlest chess champ?"
Who is Waverly
100
What is the main source of conflict?
What is Jing Mei's need to be appreciated for who she is
100
What motivates Jing Mei's mom to come to America?
What is to have a better life
100
How does the narrator's mom afford piano lessons?
What is she cleans Old Chong's apartment
200
Where does Jing Mei's mom talk to Auntie Lindo?
What is outside of church
200
Who does Old Chong live with?
Who is his mother
200
What kind of conflict does Jing Mei experience when she is looking in the mirror?
What is internal conflict
200
What is the goal the mother wants her daughter to achieve?
What is to be a prodigy
300
Where does the piano stay throughout the story?
What is the mother's house
300
Who does Jing Mei want her mother to become at the start of the story?
Who is Shirley Temple
300
Give one example of character vs character conflict
What is Jing Mei vs mom, etc.
300
Why is Jing Mei NOT motivated to work hard?
What is she resents her mom and the pressure she is putting on her
300
What does strong-willed mean?
What is hard headed, tough
400
Where does Jing Mei's mother work?
What is cleaning houses
400
Who pushes Jing Mei to be a prodigy?
Who is her mother
400
How does the title of the song performed at the recital relate to the conflict?
What is it's called "Pleading Child" and that is how Jing Mei feels toward her mother
400
Why is Jing Mei's mother jealous of Waverly?
What is she wants her daughter to be great, too
400
When does Jing Mei's mom give up on her?
What is when Jing Mei mentions the dead babies.
500
Where does Old Chong live?
What is in the complex
500
Who is the narrator in "Two Kinds?"
Who is Jing Mei
500
What is the problem with Old Chong?
What is he is a deaf piano teacher
500
What motivated Jing Mei to bring up the dead babies?
What is to hurt her mother and make her sad
500
What are the two kinds of daughters according to Jing Mei's mom?
What is daughters who obey & daughters who follow their own minds.
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