Fish cheeks: questions

 

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Questions

A)    Who is the narrator ? According to you what sort of text is it?

B)    What is Amy’s nationality? What about her roots?

C)   Focus on part 1: what are Amy’s feelings when she learns the minister’s family is going to have dinner with them? Justify.

D)   Focus on part 2: use your own words to describe the menu.

E)    Focus on part 3 : sum up what happens during the dinner.

F)    Try to guess the meaning of the following words (no dictionary):

-        doorbells l.27

-        worthy l.29

-        custom l.45

G)   Focus on the last part: which lesson does Amy’s mum teach her?

 

Going further

What does the phrase “melting pot” mean? (you can browse the web if you do not know the answer)

To what extent (dans quelle mesure) does this text illustrate it?