The All-American Slurp

From which point of view is this story told?

• first person point of view
• second person point of view
• third person point of view
• both first and third person point of view

What evidence from the text demonstrates the first person point of view?

• “Mrs. Gleason kept smiling, ‘Would you like to try some of the dip, Mrs. Lin?’”
• “ ‘Isn’t that risky?’ asked Mother. ‘The French eat some rather peculiar things, I’ve heard.’ ”
• “Father took a bite of his celery. Crunch. ‘Yes, it is good,’ he said, looking surprised.”
• “The first time our family was invited out to dinner in America, we disgraced ourselves while eating celery.”

In “The All-American Slurp,” how does the narrator feel the first time her family eats raw celery?

• amused
• embarrassed
• sad
• angry

Which detail from the story best supports that the narrator is embarrassed at the Gleason's dinner party?

• “In China we never ate celery raw, or any other kind of vegetable raw.”
• “There was only one problem: long strings ran through the length of the stalk…”
• “Looking up, I saw that the eyes of everyone in the room were on our family.”
• “Raw celery has a slight sparkly, a zingy taste that you don’t get in cooked celery.”

How does Meg make the narrator feel better after the dinner party at the Gleason’s house?

• Meg teases the narrator about the party until they both start to laugh.
• Meg mentions that her mother doesn’t plan for parties and just hopes for the best.
• Meg doesn’t mention anything about the party.
• Meg tells the narrator that her mother and other guests liked the Lins.

Which of the following details shows that the narrator’s brother is adjusting to American life?

• He joins the baseball team.
• He rides a bicycle better than the narrator.
• He gets good grades in school.
• He knows how to eat American food.

Which of the following best identifies the central conflict of the story?

• The Lins want to go back to China.
• The Lins are trying to fit in to American society.
• The Lins do not like Americans very much.
• The Lins will never learn to be comfortable in American society.

Which of the following details best identifies the climax of the story?

• “ in the silence, our family’s consumption of soup seemed unnaturally loud…everyone was hypnotized…”
• “Of course Chinese etiquette forced Father to say that I was a very stupid girl…”
• “Meg grinned. ‘Sure. All Americans slurp.’”
• “…during our early days here we had a hard time with American table manners.”

Which of the following best states the theme from “The All-American Slurp”?

• Chinese and American cultures are very different.
• It is not wise to move to a strange land.
• No matter where a person travels, good manners are important.
• Cultures may be different, but people are not so different from one another.

At the conclusion of the story, how have the Lins adjusted to life in America?

• They give up Chinese customs completely and only use American customs.
• They are comfortable with American ways but still keep many Chinese customs.
• They do not know which Chinese customs to follow and which to give up.
• They do not adjust to American life and return to China.