Fish Cheeks

How does the author develop a change in Amy’s point of view in this section?

• dialogue

• thoughts

• actions

Paragraph 7 Write: What does Amy’s mother mean when she says, “Your only shame is to have shame.”

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

• A. She describes the food as foreign and unappealing.

• B. She focuses on her desire to be more "American."

• C. She focuses on her crush's reactions to her family.

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

What does the menu description in paragraph 3 reveal about how the narrator views her family's cultural traditions?

• A. She views them as humorous.

• B. She views them as disgusting.

• C. She views them as honorable.

• D. She views them as annoying.

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

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

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

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

• D. "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)

Which word best describes the tone of paragraph 5?

• A. miserable

• B. cheerful

• C. shocked

• D. proud

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

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

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

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

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

What does paragraph 8 reveal about how the narrator's point of view changed as she got older?

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

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

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

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

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What does paragraph 2 reveal about the narrator's point of view? How does the author develop this point of view?

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