The Medicine Bag : Major

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 tothe 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, anbd 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 t3ach 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 the dogs

• He shocked by life in the suburbs

• He is overcome with grief

• He has heat exhaustion

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

• only through chiefs

• only through males

• only through females

• only through first-born children.

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

• If 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 authographs

• 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.

This is part A of question 9. 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 that fact that his stories about Grandpa appeal to the other kids.

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

This is part B of Question 9: 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."