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Descriptive Word Choice in "Fish Cheeks" Answers

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Which excerpt from “Fish Cheeks” uses a simile?

A
He was not Chinese, but as white as Mary in the manger.
B
What would Robert think of our shabby Chinese Christmas?
C
Robert grunted hello, and I pretended he was not worthy of existence.
D
Robert and their family waited patiently for platters to be passed to them.
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Which sentence about Amy Tan's mother in “Fish Cheeks” has the most positive connotation?

A
On Christmas Eve I saw that my mother had outdone herself in creating a strange menu.
B
She was pulling black veins out of the backs of fleshy prawns.
C
After everyone had gone, my mother said to me, “You want to be the same as American girls on the outside.”
D
For Christmas Eve that year, she had chosen all my favorite foods.
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Read the sentence from “Fish Cheeks.”A plate of squid, their backs crisscrossed with knife markings so they resembled bicycle tires.Amy Tan compares squid to bicycle tires to show that the squid

A
are black in color.
B
are round in shape.
C
do not look appetizing.
D
have a grooved surface.
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If Amy Tan, the author of “Fish Cheeks,” wrote a text titled "My First Taste of Fish Cheek," what would her purpose most likely be?

A
to provide instructions for cooking fish
B
to share a memory about eating fish cheeks
C
to convince readers that fish cheeks taste good
D
to express an opinion about her mother's cooking
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Which excerpt from “Fish Cheeks” most appeals to a reader’s sense of sight?

A
I fell in love with the minister’s son the winter I turned fourteen.
B
When I found out that my parents had invited the minister’s family over for Christmas Eve dinner, I cried.
C
My relatives licked the ends of their chopsticks and reached across the table, dipping them into the dozen or so plates of food.
D
For Christmas Eve that year, she had chosen all my favorite foods.
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Read the sentence from “Fish Cheeks.”On Christmas Eve I saw that my mother had outdone herself in creating a strange menu.What message does Amy Tan's description send?

A
She feels that her mother is preparing the most unusual food she has ever prepared for one meal.
B
She believes her mother is trying to impress the minister's family by making more food than they could possibly eat.
C
She is impressed that her mother has taught herself how to make a new variety of unusual recipes.
D
She is confident that the minister's family will think her mother is strange if she serves the food she is preparing.
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Which excerpt from “Fish Cheeks” uses figurative language?

A
What would he think of our noisy Chinese relatives who lacked proper American manners?
B
On Christmas Eve I saw that my mother had outdone herself in creating a strange menu.
C
A plate of squid, their backs crisscrossed with knife markings so they resembled bicycle tires.
D
My relatives murmured with pleasure when my mother brought out the whole steamed fish.
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Read the sentence from "Fish Cheeks.”What terrible disappointment would he feel upon seeing not a roasted turkey and sweet potatoes, but Chinese food?The description in this sentence

A
uses precise language that appeals to the reader's senses of sight and taste.
B
contains details to describe what Robert may see and feel on Christmas Eve.
C
uses figurative language to describe the disappointment Robert may feel.
D
contains a simile comparing roasted turkey and sweet potatoes to Chinese food.
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In “Fish Cheeks,” what does Amy Tan describe in order to create a contrast between cultures?

A
her feelings about Robert
B
the taste of her mother's food
C
the behavior of her relatives
D
her family's religious beliefs
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Which sentence from “Fish Cheeks” is meant to teach readers what Amy Tan's family is like?

A
When I found out that my parents had invited the minister’s family over for Christmas Eve dinner, I cried.
B
What would he think of our noisy Chinese relatives who lacked proper American manners?
C
On Christmas Eve I saw that my mother had outdone herself in creating a strange menu.
D
And then they arrived—the minister’s family and all my relatives in a clamor of doorbells and rumpled Christmas packages.

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