Skills Test #1

1. What is the narrator’s attitude toward her Chinese heritage and family?

• A. embarrassed

• B. confused

• C. proud

• D. sad

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

2. What embarrasses Amy at dinner?

• A. Robert's comments about her home

• B. her mother's poor cooking

• C. her family's manners

• D. Robert's parents

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.9A

3. Why did Amy not enjoy her favorite foods at dinner?

• A. The table was too crowded with new guests

• B. She was too worried about what Robert would think

• C. She ate too much when she helped her mother cook

• D. The family finished her favorite items before she filled her plate

4. 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

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.6

5. How does the narrator's embarrassed attitude towards her culture affect the way she describes events in the passage? Choose the BEST answer choice.

• A. She describes the food as foreign and unappealing

• B. She focuses on her desire to be more "American"

• C. She focuses on her crush's reactions to her family

• D. She criticizes every little detail of her mother's cooking

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.W.7.9A

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

• A. “And then they arrived — the minister’s family and all my relatives in a clamor of doorbells and rumpled Christmas packages.” (Paragraph 4)

• B. “Robert and his family waited patiently for platters to be passed to them.” (Paragraph 5)

• C. “I was stunned into silence for the rest of the night.” (Paragraph 6)

• D. “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)

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

7. Which word best describes the tone of paragraph 5?

• A. miserable

• B. cheerful

• C. shocked

• D. proud

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CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.L.7.5D

CCSS.RL.7.4

8. What does Amy’s mother mean when she says, “Your only shame is to have shame”? (Paragraph 7)

• A. It is wrong for Amy to be embarrassed of her family’s traditions.

• B. It is wrong for Amy to be embarrassed of her love for American food.

• C. It is wrong for Amy to be embarrassed about having a crush on Robert.

• D. It is wrong for Amy to be embarrassed about fitting in with her classmates.

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.4

What does paragraph 8 reveal about how the narrator’s point of view changed as she got older?

• A. She realized the minister’s son was not as friendly as she thought

• B. She learned to love her mother’s cooking, which she previously hated.

• C. She regretted not expressing her real emotions to Robert and his family.

• D. She learned to appreciate her family and her Chinese American identity.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.6

10. Which best describes the type of imagery used in the following excerpt?

She was pulling black veins out of the backs of fleshy prawns. The kitchen was littered with appalling mounds of raw food: A slimy rock cod with bulging eyes that pleaded not to be thrown into a pan of hot oil. Tofu, which looked like stacked wedges of rubbery white sponges. A bowl soaking dried fungus back to life.

• A. tactile

• B. gustatory

• C. visual

• D. auditory

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CCSS.L.7.5D

CCSS.W.7.3D