The All American Slurp
- 1.What is the genre of this story?
- 2.Why does the narrator want her mother to buy her some jeans?
- 3.How does she persuade her mother to buy her jeans?
- 4.Why is the Lin family surprised when their host offers them raw celery?
- 5.Why does the narrator's father take the family to eat in an expensive restaurant?
- 6.What does the narrator discover about how to drink a milkshake?
- 7.Why is it hard for the Lin family to adapt to a new culture?
- 8.How do you think the narrator in this story would feel about the S.O.R. Losers? (Extra Credit - but you must attempt)* Restate the question* Answer the question* Give examples to support your answer* Make a personal connection or opinion
- 9.The narrator became acquainted with a few kids at school. To be acquainted is to _____________________.
- A.
Get to know someone
- B.
Feel competitive toward
- C.
Never have heard about someone
- 10.Mrs. Gleason served a buffet dinner. A buffet is a meal at which guests _____________________.
- A.
Are served by a host
- B.
Cook their own food
- C.
Serve themselves
- 11.Father made diagrams of verbs and their inflections. In this story, inflections are _____________________.
- A.
Lists of how errors are made with verbs
- B.
The ways a verb can be used
- C.
Information about the origin of verbs
- 12.The Lin family was offered a relish tray. A relish tray is a __________________.
- A.
Leg of meat
- B.
Dish of vegetable snacks
- C.
Loaf of bread
- 13.The Lins had been invited to the Gleasons' residence. A residence is a _______________________.
- A.
Place of business
- B.
Neighborhood
- C.
Place where someone lives
- 14.Mrs. Lin bought what her family needed at rummage sales. In this story, rummage means ___________________.
- A.
Used objects
- B.
Large objects
- C.
Expensive objects
- 15.After the waiter spilled wine at the Lakeview restaurant, the narrator _____________________.
- A.
Quickly finished her soup
- B.
Tried to read the French on the menu
- C.
Hid in the restaurant's bathroom
- 16.Time passed in the bathroom of the restaurant. Then the narrator heard the door open again. The next thing that happened was ___________________.
- A.
Mother came to see about her
- B.
She went to dinner at Meg's house
- C.
Her friend from school came in
- 17.When the teacher praised the narrator, Father and Mother disagreed with her. You could say that they believed ______________________.
- A.
Their daughter was not a good student
- B.
It was not polite to appear proud in public
- C.
They thought that her classes were not hard enough
- 18.When Mrs. Gleason dumped rice out of her bowl and mixed it with her other food, she was probably ________________________.
- A.
Hoping to find more meat
- B.
Trying to fix her food in a Chinese manner
- C.
Showing that she didn't like the food
- 19.When we moved into our new _____________________________, we became __________________________ with our neighbors immediately.
- 20.They were having a huge __________________________ sale.
- 21.I bought a book about Spanish verbs and _____________________________.
- 22.My mother bought some old _______________________ jars to use for storing home-made jam.
- 23.We talked to our new neighbors for a long time, and they invited us to a ___________________ dinner.
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