ENGLISH 8 REVIEWER

From the story “The Medicine Bag”, the medicine bag represents ___________.

• The family’s love for the Sioux way of life and the prairie.

• Martin’s desire to reject his Sioux heritage.

• Martin’s family and the Lakota tradition.

• Martin’s decision to go on and live on the reservation.

The color _______ represents jealousy in literature.

• black                     

• red

• green   

• yellow

Birds represent _________ in literature.

• transition

• royalty                  

• power

• freedom                

_______ refers to a speech given by a character that expresses the character’s view.

• dialogue 

• oratorical speech

• monologue

• persuasive speech

From the video “Apache Girl”, what is the purpose of Dachina’s coming-of-age ritual?

• The ritual makes her a woman.

• The ritual makes her a warrior.

• The ritual makes her a hunter.

• The ritual makes her a healer.

Which of the following best describes the Mescalero Apaches?

• They once lived on a major reservation in New Mexico, the center of their homelands.

• They were nomadic hunters and warriors who roamed the American Southwest.

•   They were indigenous people of the Great Plains region of North America.

• They were part of the Sioux Nation.

Which choice provides the best evidence that a story is written from the first-person point of view?

• The narrator is a character in the story.

• Pronouns such as he, she, and they are used.

•   The story includes a quotation from one of the characters.

• The story tells about something that happened in the past.

______ means vertical or horizontal camera motion.

• butte

• pan

• close-up

• contrast

______ means hung in messy strands.

• moccasins

• sheepishly

• fatigue

• straggled

______ means isolated mountaintop with steep sides.

• moccasins

• butte

• fatigue

• straggled