Ta-na-E-ka

What does Ta-Na-E-Ka mean?

• delicate grasshopper

• flowering of adulthood

• great warrior of the plains

• proud warrior of the Sioux

What can you infer about Mary's age?

• she is eleven

• she is eighteen

• she is much older than Roger

• She is too young to speak

Which sentence from the selection does the author use to describe the conflict Mary feels about Ta-Na-E-ka?

• My grandno matter how hungry I got.father had said the experience would be filled with adventure, and I was having my fill.

• I'm going to become an accountant.

• And girls as well as boys are required to undergo Ta-Na-E-Ka.

• This particular Kaw Indian girl wasn't going to swallow a grasshopper

Which pair of characters experience the most conflict?

• Mary and Roger

• Mary and Mrs. Richardson

• Mary and her grandfather

• Mary and Ernie

What is the result of Roger's and Mary's experience with Ta-Na-E-Ka?

• Roger fails but Mary survives.

• Roger and Mary both fail.

• Roger survives but Mary fails.

• Roger and Mary both survive.

Which word BEST describes how you would feel if you were facing ordeals?

• worried

• happy

• overjoyed

• angry

Which phrase BEST describes how a person would look if he or she said something dejectedly?

• excited and eager

• sad and depressed

• mad and annoyed

• jealous and envious

Whose hospitality did Mary accept?

• her mother's

• her grandfather's

• Ernie's

• Roger's

Which type of player would MOST LIKELY win a game that calls for clever planning?

• the sneakiest

• the shrewdest

• the richest

• the strongest

Which character still wore handmade beaded moccasins instead of shoes?

• Mary

• Grandfather

• Roger

• Ernie