The Medicine Bag

In "The Medicine Bag," how does Grandpa arrive at the narrator's home?

• 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.

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In "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.

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In "Medicine Bag," why does Grandpa collapse after arriving at the house?

• He is shocked by life in the suburbs.

• He is overcome with grief.

• He has heat exhaustion.

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

• only through chiefs

• only through males

• only through females

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

• 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.

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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.

• tiredly

• playfully

• carefully

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

• in a clever way

• in an annoying way

• in an embarrassed way

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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

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Part A - In "The Medicine Bag," before Grandpa comes to visit, how doe 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.

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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.

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