The Medicine Bag / Apache Girl's Rite of Passage Review

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In “The Medicine Bag,” how does Grandpa arrive at the narrator’s home?

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He is walking down the street with dogs following him.

Front

In “The Medicine Bag,” why does Grandpa say he has arrived for a surprise visit with the family?

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He wants to see where his only existing descendants live, and he wants to give Martin the medicine bag.

Front

In “The Medicine Bag,” why does Grandpa collapse after arriving at the house?

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He has heat exhaustion.

Front

In "The Medicine Bag," how is the medicine bag to be passed down from generation to generation?

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only through males

Front

In “The Medicine Bag,” why is the pouch referred to as a medicine bag?

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It holds items that protect and guide the wearer.

Front

What is the most likely meaning of "wearily" in the sentence: After a ten-mile hike, we ate an early dinner and then climbed wearily into our tents?

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tiredly

Front

If Kris asks a question sheepishly, how does she ask it?

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In an embarrassed way

Front

Which person best demonstrates the meaning of frail? Options: a famous athlete signing autographs, a sickly person being helped up the stairs, a shopper complaining about poor service in a store, a middle-school student taking high-school math classes

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a sickly person being helped up the stairs

Front

In “The Medicine Bag,” before Grandpa comes to visit, how does the narrator feel about talking to his friends about his Lakota grandfather?

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He likes the fact that his stories about Grandpa appeal to the other kids.

Front

Which quotation from “The Medicine Bag” best supports the answer to Part A? Options: He was my great-grandfather, and he didn’t live in a tipi; he lived all by himself in a part log, part tar-paper shack on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota., Our friends, who had always lived in the city and only knew about Indians from movies and TV, were impressed by our stories., He taught me a Lakota chant to sing while I beat the drum with a leather-covered stick that had a feather on the end., We never showed our friends Grandpa’s picture.

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Our friends, who had always lived in the city and only knew about Indians from movies and TV, were impressed by our stories.