Winning
Why does Marie not want to participate in Ta Na E Ka?
She thinks it's an old tradition and has no intention of living on a reservation for the rest of her life.
Why Roger and Mary experience Ta Na E Ka together?
a. Boys and girls must be separated.
b. According to the rules, they must stake out separate territories.
c. Mary is older than Roger.
b. According to the rules, they must stake out separate territories.
Which sentence hits the at the theme of the story?
a. Aaron twisted and turned and kicked and puched pack, shouting "Cossacks!"
b. "And once he saw her take her mirror from her handbag and hold it out toward the birds."
c. "Pidge's flight to freedom must have been the gift that had made his gradmother so happy."
c. "Pidge's flight to freedom must have been the gift that had made his gradmother so happy."
I was shockecd because I had not been anticipating a surprise party for my birthday.
a. to twist the face to express anger, pain or disgust.
b. to fill up with too much food.
c. to adapt to a new or different culture.
d. to expect that somethinh will happen and be ready for it.
d. to expect that somethinh will happen and be ready for it.
What does Mrs. Richardson chicks and say I'm in attempt to sway Mary's attitude toward Ta Na E Ka?
a. She says Mary should be glad to have the opportunity to compete on equal terms with boys.
b. She says her own experience of Ta Na E Ka was much harder than Mary's will be.
c. She says it's important to Mary's grandfather, and she should do whatever she can to please him.
a. She says Mary should be glad to have the opportunity to compete on equal terms with boys.
What makes the narrator's mother decide to buy her a pair of jeans?
a. The mother sees how her daughter's friend Meg dresses.
b. The narrator's mother does not want her daughter's skirt to be pushed up when she rides a boy's bicycle.
c. The narrator wants to play sports, but she won't be able to if she wears a skirt.
b. The narrator's mother does not want her daughter's skirt to be pushed up when she rides a boy's bicycle.
What is the message behind Arraon's grandmother' story of the old days in the Ukraine?
a. Prejudice against a race or religion can cause people to act in inhumane ways.
b. Grandma's goat gave up its life so that the family could survive.
c. The Coosacks were the czar's horsemen
a. Prejudice against a race or religion can cause people to act in inhumane ways.
Someone tried to assasinate the president.
a. to murder
b. to comfort someone sad
c. to pause before saying something important.
a. to murder
When grandfather was a boy, grandmother's not up to weep over children who did not return from Ta Na E KA?
a. Keeping the display sickness, and Khuman are meant to be the cause of men, who never cried.
b. It was assumed that the children had joined another tribe and deserted the Kaw.
c. If a Kaw could not figure out how to survive, he or she was not worth mourning.
c. If a Kaw could not figure out how to survive, he or she was not worth mourning.
The dinner parties of two space in the passage similar?
a. There is no dessert at either party
b. Neither family is sure how to behave at the other familiy's dinner party.
c. Both dinners serve sake.
b. Neither family is sure how to behave at the other familiy's dinner party.
Which event in the story is crucial to understanding the theme?
a. Aaron getting strength from calling the older boys "Cossak's"
b. Carl telling Aaron he has a special badge for him.
c. Pige suddenly beating his wings and flying away.
c. Pige suddenly beating his wings and flying away.
During my travels throughout the Middle East, I heard many different dialects of Arabic.
a. a form of a language that is spoken in a certain area.
b. someone whose job is to keep and check financial accounts.
c. an important or religious social event.
a. a form of a language that is spoken in a certain area.
What is the theme of Ta Na E Ka?
a. It is important to value your identity and heritage.
b. You should always listen to your grandfather.
c. You should never borrow money from your teacher.
a. It is important to value your identity and heritage.
Why is the narrator surprised when she looks at Meg's plate during dinner at the Lin's home?
a. She sees that Meg has served herself a lot of food and is eating it without being mindful of Chinese etiquette.
b. She sees that Meg has finished her food long before anyone else at the table.
c. She sees that Meg does not know how to use chopsticks.
a. She sees that Meg has served herself a lot of food and is eating it without being mindful of Chinese etiquette.
The _____________ detective is known to solve every single case he is assigned to.
a. shrewd
b. dialect
c. ceremony
d. audacity
a. shrewd
When I was crying, my best friend came to console me.
a. to comfort
b. move from side to side
c. to fly up and down
d. to dive suddenly.
a. to comfort
According to the narrator, what does your brother have an easier time making friends in America and she does?
a. He is less self-conscious about being Chinese and adapts to the new culture well.
b. Has been living in America longer than the rest of his family.
c. He spends time playing baseball with other kids and dresses like other American boys in school.
c. He spends time playing baseball with other kids and dresses like other American boys in school.
What is "The All- American Slurp? mainly about?
a. the different foods served at dinner parties in America.
b. an immigrant Chinese family trying to adapt to life in America.
c. a Chinese family feeling akward at an American dinner party.
b. an immigrant Chinese family trying to adapt to life in America.
The world famous travling circus was truly a _______ to see.
a. boost
b. etiquette
c. spectacle
d. zingy
c. spectacle
The mother held her crying baby to _________ him.
a. plunge
b. hesitate
c. thrash
d. soothe
d. soothe