Worksheets"Fish Cheeks" Review
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Choose the letter of the word that matches the correct definition: A rough-surfaced woolen cloth, typically of mixed flecked colors.
A. Tweed
B. Muster
C. Appalling
D. Clamor
E. Shabby
Choose the letter of the word that matches the correct definition: To get courage to do something.
A. Tweed
B. Muster
C. Appalling
D. Clamor
E. Shabby
Choose the letter of the word that matches the correct definition: Awful; terrible.
A. Tweed
B. Muster
C. Appalling
D. Clamor
E. Shabby
Choose the letter of the word that matches the correct definition: A loud and confused noise, especially that of people shouting.
A. Tweed
B. Muster
C. Appalling
D. Clamor
E. Shabby
Choose the letter of the word that matches the correct definition: In poor condition through long or hard use or lack of care.
A. Tweed
B. Muster
C. Appalling
D. Clamor
E. Shabby
This passage is mainly about
A. A writer who rediscovered her heritage
B. A writer who struggled to adjust to a new country
C. A musician who thought she wanted to be a writer
D. A woman who put her family before her career
What caused Amy Tan to rediscover her heritage?
A. Her mother’s love
B. The books she had read
C. Her mother’s advice
D. Changes in her family
In paragraph 7, Tan’s mother said, “Your only shame is to have shame.” What did her mother mean by that?
Her mother is attempting to point out that she should not be embarrassed about her culture.
Amy’s actions at dinner were embarrassing to her mother.
Amy embarrassed the entire family by taking the fish cheeks.
Amy’s mother felt Amy should not attempt to be American in any way.
What is Amy Tan’s purpose in writing this memory?
Tan likes telling childhood stories.
As a mature adult, Tan realizes the significance behind her experiences.
Tan wishes to remember all of the boys she liked as a teenager.
Tan wishes to remember traditional Chinese customs.
Though the dinner seems painful to Amy at the time, how does she view it later?
It is such an unpleasant memory that she refuses to talk about it.
Since so many years have gone by, she ignores the fact that it happened.
She forgets the way she felt that night once her crush on Robert is over.
She is impressed by her mother’s love for her in making her favorite foods.
The best example of a difference between Chinese and American cultures that occurs in the selection is
rumpled Christmas wrappings
a Chinese girl in a miniskirt
a loud belch to say “thank you”
gatherings of family and friends
The title “Fish Cheeks” indicates all of the following except
the difference between Chinese and American customs
Amy’s embarrassment over her family’s customs
Amy’s favorite part of the fish
Amy’s name for herself after that Christmas Eve
Most descriptions of food in “Fish Cheeks” produce mental images that are
ordinary
delightful
unusual
confusing
Which of the following best describes a mental image of how Amy probably looked at the end of the dinner?
pale, with downcast eyes
flushed, with a big smile
exhausted, with black circles beneath her eyes
energetic, with a lively expression on her face
Being embarrassed about Robert visiting her Chinese home for Christmas Eve is upsetting enough for Amy, but what detail of the setting adds chaos to the mood?
[Mother] was pulling out black veins out of the backs of the fleshy prawns.
All of the relatives arrived in a clamor of doorbells and rumpled Christmas packages.
I pretended Robert was not worthy of existence.
I was stunned in silence for the rest of the night.
What point of view is the story, “Fish Cheeks” told from?
First Person
Second Person
Third Person
Which one of the following seems to be the most important thing to the mother in the text?
Money
Tradition
School
Friendship
