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All-American Slurp

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The diners ___ praised the wonderful meal.

a)

coping

b)

lavishly

c)

blouse

d)

acquainted

e)

boost

2.

Ryan is ____ with a bad headache

a)

coping

b)

lavishly

c)

blouse

d)

acquainted

e)

boost

3.

Jon became _____ with his classmates in the new school.

a)

coping

b)

lavishly

c)

blouse

d)

acquainted

e)

boost

4.

Liz bought a _____ to go with her black pants.

a)

coping

b)

lavishly

c)

blouse

d)

acquainted

e)

boost

5.

What does the reader not know as a result of the story's first-person point of view?

a)

How embarrassed the narrator is of her family's table manners

b)

The events in the narrator's new friendship with Meg

c)

That Meg slurps her milkshake at Dairy Queen

d)

What the narrator's parents think of the Gleasons' table manners

6.

What point of view is "All-American Slurp" told in?

a)

1st Person

b)

2nd Person

c)

3rd Person Limited

d)

3rd Person Omniscient

7.

Why does the author include the imagery "the glistening pink prawns"?

a)

To demonstrate the Gleason's enjoyment of their food

b)

To show how unusual the narrator's family's food might appear

c)

To explain why the narrator wanted jeans.

d)

To provide an example of what the Gleasons usually ate

8.

Read this sentence from page 337. Even the customer didn't notice anything at first, being also too hypnotized by the schloop, schloop, schloop.


The author includes the sensory details in the sentence in order to ...

a)

emphasize how the Lins' table manners differed from the people around them.

b)

describe similarities between the Lins' table manners and those of the other people in the restaurant.

c)

show how comfortable the narrator feels with her family.

d)

point out that the Lins are purposefully being rude.

9.

Read this sentence from page 331.

My family beat a retreat back to the sofa as if chased by enemy soldiers.

The author includes this sentence to show that the Lin family--

a)

is unwelcome at the Gleason's dinner party

b)

immigrated from a country that was at war with the United States

c)

are embarrassed because they don't fully understand American manners.

d)

are trying to leave the dinner party as quickly as possible

10.

Read the following sentence from page 334:

In one corner of the room a lady harpist played tinkling melodies.

From the sentence, the reader can infer that the restaurant is--

a)

casual

b)

glamorous

c)

dramatic

d)

international