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.”

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?