ENG 1 PAP - 1st 6 Weeks Review

How does the narrator's embarrassed attitude towards her culture affect the way she describes events in "Fish Cheeks"?

• She describes the food as foreign and unappealing.

• She focuses on her desire to be more “American.”

• She focuses on her crush’s reactions to her family.

• She criticizes every little detail of her mother’s cooking.

Which piece of evidence best reveals the narrator’s feelings about her family’s behavior during dinner?

• “And then they arrived — the minister’s family and all my relatives in a clamor of doorbells and rumpled Christmas packages.” (Paragraph 4)

• “Robert and his family waited patiently for platters to be passed to them.” (Paragraph 5)

• “I was stunned into silence for the rest of the night.” (Paragraph 6)

• “And even though I didn’t agree with her then, I knew that she understood how much I had suffered during the evening's dinner." (Paragraph 8)

What does Amy’s mother mean when she says, “Your only shame is to have shame”? (Paragraph 7)

• It is wrong for Amy to be embarrassed of her family's traditions

• It is wrong for Amy to be embarrassed of her love for American food

• It is wrong for Amy to be embarrassed about having a crush on Robert

• It is wrong for Amy to be embarrassed about fitting in with her classmates

In the end, what is revealed about how the narrator’s point of view changed as she got older?

• She realized the minister’s son was not as friendly as she thought.

• She learned to love her mother’s cooking, which she previously hated.

• She regretted not expressing her real emotions to Robert and his family.

• She learned to appreciate her family and her Chinese American identity.

What can you infer about Mrs. Jones's first reaction to Roger from this sentence in Thank You, Ma’am: “The large woman simply turned around and kicked him right square in his blue-jeaned sitter.”

• She is puzzled.

• She is frightened.

• She is angry.

• She is deeply hurt.

In Thank You, Ma'am, how does Mrs. Jones show she trusts Roger?

• She makes him wash his face.

• She makes sure neighbors keep their doors open

• She leaves her purse near him when she prepares food

• She tells him her full name.

In Thank You Ma’am, how does Mrs. Jones’s admission that she did bad things when she was young reveal a theme of the story?

• She brags about her youthful adventures so that Roger will be humble in her presence.

• She is older and lonely and needs to confide in someone younger

• She wants to be the adult whom Roger trusts to understand and help him.

• She wants to prove to Roger that all teenagers are delinquents.

What does Mrs. Jones imply (hints) to Roger with the following statement?“And next time, do not make the mistake of latching onto my pocketbook nor nobody else’s –because shoes got by devilish ways will burn your feet.”

• Mrs. Jones implies that if Rogers wears shoes that were stolen, he could burst into flames

• Mrs. Jones implies that Roger would not enjoy wearing the shoes because they would make him feel guilty

• Jones implies that Roger is behaving like the devil, and therefore does not deserve the shoes

• There is no implication; Mrs. Jones is old and crazy

At the beginning of the poem, what problem does the speaker face?

• He is has traveled far and is tired.

• He’s not sure about which road to take.

• He cannot see the end of the road he hoped to travel.

• He fears that he might get lost in the yellow woods.

What might the two roads symbolize?

• Important decisions we make in life

• Paths that are hidden in the woods

• The beginnings of new phases in life

• People who affect our lives