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

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

• He is driving an old, dust-covered car.
• He is riding in the back of an old pickup truck.
• He is traveling to the narrator's home in a police car.
• He is walking down the street with dogs following him.

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

• He wants to see where his only existing descendants live, and he wants to give Martin the medicine bag.
• He feels that death is now very near, and he wants to be buried where his only existing relatives live.
• He wants to teach his grandchildren lessons that will help them respect the old ways.
• He wants to see his family in person to discuss the resentment he has felt for years.

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

• He has been injured in an attack by dogs.
• He is shocked by life in the suburbs.
• He is overcome with grief.
• He has heat exhaustion.

As Grandpa explains in “The Medicine Bag,” how is the medicine bag to be passed down from generation to generation?

• only through chiefs
• only through males
• only through females
• only through firstborn children

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

• It holds rocks that carry magical energy.
• It holds leaves that can overcome sickness.
• It holds items that protect and guide the wearer.
• It holds powders needed in the work of a Lakota shaman.

Which of the following words gives the most likely meaning of wearily as it is used in this sentence? After a ten-mile hike, we ate an early dinner and then climbed wearily into our tents.

• sadly
• tiredly
• playfully
• carefully

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

• in a bold way
• in a clever way
• in an annoying way
• In an embarrassed way

Which person best demonstrates the meaning of frail?

• 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

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

• He makes fun of how Grandpa dresses and where he lives to amuse his friends.
• He becomes angry when the other children make fun of Grandpa’s heritage.
• He likes the fact that his stories about Grandpa appeal to the other kids.
• He never reveals to his friends that Grandpa is a Lakota.

Part B: Which quotation from “The Medicine Bag” best supports the answer to Part A?

• 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.