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All American Slurp

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23 questions

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Question 1

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Describe the scene at the Gleason's. What reactions indicate that the narrator's family does not understand the culture?

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Question 7

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What happens when the Lins begin to slurp their soup? How is slurping intepreted in Chinese culture? How is this different from the way slurping in interpreted in American culture?

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Question 23

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Explain and support your answer.

Question 2

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Why is the narrator's family unsure about how to eat celery at the Gleason's house?

Question 3

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What does the narrator have to wear to school instead of blue jeans?

Question 4

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What does Meg say about how American drink their milkshake?

Question 5

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Describe the narrator's father approach to learning English. Explain.

Question 6

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How does the narrator get her mother to buy her jeans? Explain.

Question 8

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How does the narrator respond to her embarrassment? In your opinion, do you feel as though she was overreacting?

Question 9

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How does the narrator's parents respond when her teacher praises her?

Question 10

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What makes the narrator remember the celery strings? How is it different from the opening scene of the story (dinner at the Gleasons)?

Question 11

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From whose perspective is the text told?

The sister in the family

The brother in the family

Meg

Mrs. Lin's

Question 12

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How does the narrator feel the first time her family ate raw celery?

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Sad

Embarrassed

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Question 13

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Which detail from the story best supports the narrator's feeling at the Gleason's dinner party?

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Question 14

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Which of the following helps you understand that Chinese people eat celery differently from Americans?

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Question 15

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How does Meg make the narrator feel better after the dinner party at the Gleason's house?

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Question 16

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Which of the following detail (1) shows that the narrator's brother is adjusting to American life?

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Question 17

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Which best describe the meaning of etiquette in the following sentence? Read the book on proper etiquette before dining at a new restaurant.

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Question 18

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Mrs' Lins approach to learning English is...

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Question 19

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Which of the following describes the main reason why the narrator wants to wear jeans

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Question 20

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Which of the following detail (1) best shows the narrator's embarrassment at the Lakeview Restaurant?

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Question 21

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Which of the following best defines the word emigrated?

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Question 22

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At the conclusion of the story, how have the Lins adjusted to life in America?

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