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. 
B. 
C. 
Never have heard about someone
10.
Mrs. Gleason served a buffet dinner. A buffet is a meal at which guests _____________________.
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 __________________.
13.
The Lins had been invited to the Gleasons' residence. A residence is a _______________________.
A. 
B. 
C. 
Place where someone lives
14.
Mrs. Lin bought what her family needed at rummage sales. In this story, rummage means ___________________.
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. 
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.