Conflict and Plot Structure in Robin Hood — Unit test
Question 13 • 25-26 TX-Literary Genres
Read the excerpt from “Fish Cheeks.”Then my father poked his chopsticks just below the fish eye and plucked out the soft meat. “Amy, your favorite,” he said, offering me the tender fish cheek. I wanted to disappear.In the last sentence of this excerpt, Amy Tan's words reveal that she is
Answer
A
shocked because she thinks serving a whole fish is disgusting, and her father is poking at it with his chopsticks.
B
embarrassed because she wants Robert to think she views the food as strange, and her father is revealing her true feelings about it.
C
confused because although she knows that her father is trying to be kind, she does not want to show her appreciation.
D
worried because she thinks her father will soon poke at the fish's eye, and she fears he will offer it to Robert.