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Fish Cheeks Reading Comprehension

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does the narrator's mother say is the only shame?
a)
To be different
b)
To be American
c)
To be Chinese
d)
To be proud
2.
What does the narrator's mother say is the polite Chinese custom?
a)
To show satisfaction
b)
To eat with chopsticks
c)
To burp loudly
d)
To share food
3.
What does the narrator's father do at the end of the meal?
a)
He tells a joke
b)
He burps loudly
c)
He sings a song
d)
He gives a speech
4.
What does the narrator think of Robert?
a)
She is afraid of him
b)
She is jealous of him
c)
She is not interested in him
d)
She is in love with him
5.
What is the main focus of this lesson?
a)
How to write a book
b)
How to analyze a narrator's point of view
c)
How to cook Chinese food
d)
How to celebrate Christmas
6.
What does the narrator's mother say is the narrator's favorite food?
a)
Fish
b)
Squid
c)
Tofu
d)
Prawns
7.
What does the narrator's mother say is the narrator's only pride?
a)
To be proud
b)
To be different
c)
To be Chinese
d)
To be American
8.
What does the narrator's mother give her as an early gift?
a)
A painting
b)
A book
c)
A dress
d)
A necklace
9.
Where was Amy Tan born?
a)
San Francisco
b)
New York City
c)
China
d)
Oakland, California
10.

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.

11.

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

a)
  1. She describes the food as foreign and unappealing.

b)
  1. She focuses on her desire to be more "American."

c)
  1. She focuses on her crush's reactions to her family.

d)
  1. She criticizes every little detail of her mother's cooking.

12.

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

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

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

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

d)
  1. "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)

13.

What does the narrator think about her Chinese Christmas?

a)

She is proud of it

b)

She is ashamed of it

c)

She is indifferent towards it

d)

She is excited about it

14.

What is the purpose of the narrator's mother serving a strange menu for Christmas Eve dinner?

a)

To impress the minister's family

b)

To showcase the narrator's favorite foods

c)

To highlight the cultural differences between Chinese and American traditions

d)

To experiment with new recipes

15.

What does the narrator's mother tell her about being Chinese?

a)

She should be proud of her heritage

b)

She should be ashamed of her heritage

c)

She should try to be more like American girls

d)

She should embrace her differences

16.

How does the narrator feel about her culture at the end of the passage?

a)

She is still ashamed of it

b)

She is proud of it

c)

She is indifferent towards it

d)

She is confused about it

17.

What is the true purpose behind the particular menu for Christmas Eve dinner?

a)

To upset the narrator

b)

To impress the minister's family

c)

To showcase the narrator's favorite foods

d)

To teach the narrator a lesson about cultural pride