Fish Cheeks

I fell in love with the minister’s son the winter I turned fourteen. 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.

Based on what Amy is praying for, the reader can infer …

• Amy does not like living in America

• Amy is unhappy with her looks

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

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When I found out that my parents had invited the minister’s family over for Christmas Eve dinner, I cried.

What is the story’s conflict?

• Amy is angry her mother did not get her the miniskirt she asked for

• Robert is rude to Amy's family at dinner

• Amy is embarrassed because she knows the guests won't understand her family's culture

• It's Christmas and Amy doesn't know what present to buy for her crush Robert

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What would Robert think of our shabby Chinese Christmas? What would he think of our noisy Chinese relatives who lacked proper American manners? What terrible disappointment would he feel upon seeing not a roasted turkey and sweet potatoes but Chinese food?

Based on this text evidence, we can conclude that Amy is ...

• Self-assured

• Anxious

• Curious

• Angry

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

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After everyone had gone, my mother said to me, “You want to be the same as American girls on the outside.” She handed me an early gift. It was a miniskirt in beige tweed. “But inside you must always be Chinese. You must be proud you are different. Your only shame is to have shame.”

When Amy’s mother gives her the miniskirt, it shows that …

• She doesn't tolerate Amy's desire to be American. She thinks Amy should only identify as Chinese.

• She understands Amy's desire to fit in and wants to help, but, at the same time, she wants her daughter to remain true to her heritage.

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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)

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

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Which would be the synonym for the word despair as it is used in the following sentence: "Dinner threw me deeper into despair."

• excitement

• confusion

• pain

• hopelessness.

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Which word would best replace the word "muster" as it is used in the following sentence: "The minister managed to muster up a quiet burp."

• mobilize

• assembly

• congregate

• gather

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

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Why does Robert "grimace" at the dinner table? (RI.1)

• He is angry at his parents for making him come to this dinner.

• He is grossed out by what they are eating.

• He is upset at the speaker because she is ignoring him.

• He is confused by the conversation they are having.

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Figurative language is:

• Non literal language that says one thing, but means another

• Language you can literally understand.

• No idea

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Identify the figurative language in this quote: "A slimy rock cod with bulging eyes that pleaded not be thrown in a pan of hot oil."

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personfication

• Allusion

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