All-American Slurp and Foreshadowing

Why does the Lin family do some things differently than other guests at the Gleason's dinner party and at the Lakeview restaurant?

• They don't care what other people think.

• They don't want to bother to learn American manners.

• They don't understand American etiquette

• They think it is important to do things the Chinese way.

Why does the narrator offer to ride a bike all the way to the big supermarket?

• She likes bike rides.

• She doesn't want to help cook.

• She wants to help her mother save money.

• She wants her mother to think she needs jeans.

How does the Lin family feel about learning American ways?

• eager

• irritated

• afraid

• unwilling

The narrator rushes away from the table at the restaurant because she

• feels sick

• is embarrassed

• doesn't like the food

• doesn't know how to behave

At the Lin's dinner party, why do the Gleasons pile different kinds of food on their plates?

• They are extremely hungry.

• They think Chinese manners are silly.

• They don't understand Chinese etiquette.

• They are copying the behavior of the other guests.

What was the main vegetable in the story?

• Onions

• Potatoes

• Broccoli

• Celery

Name the sport that the boy learned to play!

• Lacrosse

• Basketball

• Football

• Baseball

How did the Chinese family prepare their celery in China?

• Steam
• Boil
• Raw
• With peanut butter

What does emigrated mean?

• Moving over many lands to a new home
• Left one country to settle in another
• moving away from your home
• meeting people in a new country

What does etiquette mean?

• To be well behaved
• good manner
• acceptable social manner
• being well behaved in areas around others