The narrator has to wear skirts and blouses to school. Reading Check 1. Why is the narrator’s family unsure about how to eat celery at the Gleasons’ dinner? The narrator’s family is unsure about how to eat celery at the Gleasons’ dinner because they never ate raw vegetables when they lived in China. 2. What does the narrator have to wear to school instead of blue jeans? The narrator has to wear skirts and blouses to school. . . .continued

3. Why is the narrator embarrassed at the Lakeview Restaurant? Reading Check 3. Why is the narrator embarrassed at the Lakeview Restaurant? The narrator is embarrassed because people in the restaurant notice when her family members slurp their soup. 4. What surprises the narrator when the Gleasons eat dinner at the Lin house? The Gleasons’ manners are crude. They pile food on their plates and mix it with the rice. 5. What does Meg say about how Americans drink their milkshakes? She says that all Americans slurp.