The Medicine Bag Assessment Review

Which statement most clearly describes Martin in the early part of the narrative?

• Martin worries about his friends' opinions

• Martin is cruel and insensitive toward others

• Martin appreciates and respects Grandpa's behavior

• He never reveals to his friends that Grandpa is a Lakota

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

Why does grandpa make this surprise visit to his family?

• wants to teach his grandchildren the ways of his people
• wants to visit and give Martin the medicine bag
• he feels death in near and wanted to visit

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How does the narrator feel about talking to his friends about his grandfather?

• he likes to tell facts that makes his grandfather seem like Indians in the movies and on t.v.
• he never talks about his grandfather
• he makes fun of his Lakota heritage

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

At the beginning of the story what feelings does Martin have about grandpa?

• he doesn't know how his friends will react to grandpa
• he is hurtful to his friends
• he doesn't tell his friends his grandfather belongs to the Lakota tribe

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Martin doesn't want his friends to meet Grandpa because he thinks that

• Grandpa will be unfriendly

• Grandpa will not meet their expectations

• they will be bored by Grandpa's stories

• they will think Grandpa is not really Sioux.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which of the following embarrasses Martin about Grandpa?

• the way he looks

• the stories he tells

• the fact that he is an Indian

• the things that he gives Martin

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is NOT in the medicine bag?

• a piece of iron from a kettle

• piece of sacred sage

• medicine

• pebble from the butte

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2