Fish Cheeks- Quiz

Which of these words best describes the tone of this piece?

• nervous

• threatened

• forceful

• reflective

What does the "beige miniskirt" that Amy Tan's mother gave her for Christmas symbolize in the passage?

• American Culture

• Chinese Culture

• Amy's modesty

• Amy's frustration

Why did Tan name this passage “Fish Cheeks”?

• Fish cheeks are the best part of the fish according to Chinese culture.

• . Fish cheeks remind Tan of her father, who gave them to her at Christmas.

What is the narrator’s main conflict?

• She wishes she had a slim nose like those of the American girls.

• She doesn’t like any of the food that her mother is preparing for Christmas Eve dinner.

• She is afraid Robert won’t like her when he sees how her family celebrates Christmas.

. Which of the following words best describes Amy’s mother?

• Loving but careless

• Honest, but embarrassing

• . Thoughtful and proud

In paragraph 3, Tan states, “Tofu, which looked like stacked wedges of rubbery white sponges.”

What type of figurative language was used?

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

In paragraph 7, Tan’s mother said, “Your only shame is to have shame.”

What did her mother mean by that?

• . Her mother is attempting to point out that Amy should not be embarrassed about her culture.

• . Amy’s actions at dinner were embarrassing to her mother.

• . Amy’s mother felt Amy should not attempt to be American in any way.

What can be inferred about Amy Tan from the following simile and imagery in Paragraph 1? “He was not Chinese, but as white as Mary in the manger. For Christmas I prayed for this blond-haired boy, Robert, and a slim new American nose.”

• Robert is very attractive and Amy Tan is jealous of his good looks

• Amy Tan is not very religious.

• She feels different and apart from Robert because of their race, and yearns to fit in with him.

What tone is conveyed through the description of the food in paragraph 3?

• hopeful and optimistic

• . shocked and horrified

• sarcastic and negative

10. What does the imagery in the following quote symbolize? “A slimy rock cod with bulging eyes that pleaded not to be thrown into a pan of hot oil.” (Paragraph 3)

• The cod symbolizes Amy Tan’s discomfort and embarrassment with the dinner situation.

• The cod symbolizes her mother because she pleaded with Amy not to embarrass her during dinner

• a. The cod symbolizes the minister and his family because they were pleading to go home.

• The “bulging eyes” symbolize the minister and his family’s eyes because they bulged out of their heads when they saw the food that was being served.