"The All American Slurp"

Who are the Gleasons?

• a Chinese American Family

• people who invite the Lins to dinner

• work friends of the narrator's father

• diners at the Lakeview Restaurant

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

The narrator relates that the Lin family eats celery for the first time. What tone does the narrator's description create?

• surprised

• joyful

• amused

• proud

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

The main reason that the narrator feels like an outsider at school is her

• clothing

• accent

• home

• table manners

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is the main reason that the dinner at the Lakeview Restaurant is a disaster for the narrator?

• No one in the Lin family understands the menu.

• The waiter is impolite and tries to ignore the Lin family.

• The family calls attention to itself with bad table manners.

• The narrator becomes ill and has to leave the table.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

One way that the author creates a humorous tone is by

• presenting sounds associated with impolite eating

• comparing and contrasting clothing styles

• describing a fancy restaurant menu

• making it clear that everyone slurps

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

At the end of the story the narrator realizes that

• American food is different from the food she is used to eating.

• there are many good reasons to prefer American food to Chinese food

• everyone has bad manners, regardless of their country or culture

• people from different cultures have different ideas about good manners

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is something that might be considered REVOLTING?

• a borrowed sweater

• spoiled sandwich

• an old car

• a flower

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Which event would be considered MORTIFYING?

• a graduation

• falling down in public

• going to a meeting

• hanging out with good friends

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Which word would be a synonym for COPE?

• stress

• risk

• manage

• get angry

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is etiquette?

• restaurant food

• friendship

• fashion

• manners

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5