The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B. Part A Which statement best sums up the theme, or message, of "Two Kinds"?

A.

A happy family requires obedient children.

B.

Determination is more important than genius.

C.

Accepting oneself can be more important than success.

D.

A parent's expectations inspire a child's achievements.

Part B Which quotation from "Two Kinds" best supports the answer to Part A?

A.

"Of course you can be prodigy, too," my mother told me when I was nine. "You can be best anything."

B.

"Only two kinds of daughters," she shouted in Chinese. "Those who are obedient and those who follow their own mind."

C.

For unlike my mother, I did not believe I could be anything I wanted to be. I could only be me.

D.

A few years ago, she offered to give me the piano, for my thirtieth birthday. I had not played in all those years.