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Xu Xi, Famine

Xu Xi, Famine

Read Famine and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

1. The narrator has finally managed to escape from Hong Kong

because she has been admitted to graduate school in the United States.

when her rich friend gives her money to visit the United States.

after her long-lived parents finally die.

following the collapse of communism.

2. Throughout her trip to America, the narrator

is confused by the values of American money.

goes first class in everything she does.

is searching for food and accommodations that she can recognize.

is afraid to spend money.

3. During her escape trip to America, the narrator

cannot hold back thoughts of the past, that country bumpkin’s territory.

does not think of home.

is surprised to discover that in America there are no reminders of her former life.

forgets to remember and honor her deceased parents.

4. The narrator orders food that she knows

from reading cooking magazines.

from the Internet.

from watching programs on the Food Network.

from British and American literature.

5. The narrator is attempting to

expunge feelings of hunger, deprivation, and humiliation.

eat only food she cannot get back home.

eat only American food in order to feel American.

eat enough for herself and for her poor parents.