Fish Cheeks - CFA

Read the dictionary definition. Which definition best matches the way the word proper is used in 2?

• Definition 1

• Definition 2

• Definition 3

• Definition 4

Paragraph 3 is important to the text because -

• It explains what the family had for dinner.

• It highlights the significance of foods unique to their culture.

• It emphasizes the narrator’s disgust over the menu.

• It describes how the narrator really feels about her family.

The author describes her experience in a way that highlights --

• How she learned to appreciate culture

• How she accepted the type of parents she had

• How important it was to share her culture with others

• How much she worried about what others felt about her family

Read this line. This sentence from paragraph 7 suggests that --

• The mother is angry that the narrator was nervous during dinner.

• The narrator feels guilty about her embarrassment

• The narrator really wants Robert and his family to like her.

• The mother understands how the narrator feels

Which paragraph from the text most closely illustrates the two families’ cultural differences?

• Paragraph 2

• Paragraph 3

• Paragraph 5

• Paragraph 7

Which line from the selection best supports the lesson that the narrator learns?

• And then they arrived — the minister’s family and all my relatives in a clamor of doorbells and rumpled Christmas packages

• “Amy, your favorite,” he said, offering me the tender fish cheek. I wanted to disappear.

• You want to be the same as American girls on the outside.

• It wasn’t until many years later ... that I was able to fully appreciate her lesson and the true purpose behind our particular menu.

The author uses questions in paragraph 2 to -

• show that she is nervous about the Christmas Eve dinner

• prove that her mother’s cooking was not the best

• suggest that there is confusion about the menu

• explain how anxious she is to meet Robert’s parents

The description in paragraph 5 suggests a feeling of ---

• Dread and uneasiness

• Wonder and amazement

• Anxiety and hopelessness

• Panic and anticipation