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"The Medicine Bag" Review

Quiz by Taylor Urban

Grade 8
English Language Arts
Common Core

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  • Q1
    What is the main reason grandpa decides to make this surprise visit to his family?
    He feels his death is near and wanted to visit.
    He wants to visit and give Martin the medicine bag.
    He missed his family.
    He wants to teach his grandchildren the ways of his people.
    30s
  • Q2
    Who is the narrator and protagonist of this story?
    Cheryl
    Martin
    Grandpa
    Mom
    30s
  • Q3
    How does the narrator feel about talking to his friends about his grandfather?
    He makes fun of his Lakota heritage
    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 hates his grandfather and tells everyone.
    30s
  • Q4
    How does Cheryl's reaction to grandpa differ from Martins?
    They both visited grandpa in the summer.
    Cheryl was not embarrassed to bring her friends to see grandpa, and Martin was.
    They bragged about grandpa to their friends.
    Martin was not embarrassed to bring her friends to see grandpa, and Cheryl was.
    30s
  • Q5
    How does Grandpa arrive at the narrator's home?
    He is riding in the back of an old pickup truck.
    He is driving an old, dusty-covered car.
    He is traveling to the narrator's home in a cop car.
    He is walking down the street with dogs following him.
    30s
  • Q6
    How is the medicine bag to be passed down from generation to generation?
    only through females
    only through chiefs
    only through males
    only through firstborn children
    30s
  • Q7
    Why is the pouch referred to as a medicine bag?
    It holds rocks that carry magical energy.
    It holds items that protect and guide the wearer.
    It holds powders needed in the work of a Lakota shaman.
    It holds leaves that can overcome sickness.
    30s
  • Q8
    Which quotation from "The Medicine Bag" shows most clearly that Cheryl's reaction to Grandpa's visit differs from Martin's?
    "My sister, Cheryl, and I always bragged about our grandpa."
    "So even after she married my dad, who's not an Indian, Mom made sure that every summer we spent a week with Grandpa."
    "Nothing bothered Cheryl about bringing her friends to see Grandpa."
    "Nothing bothered Cheryl about bringing her friends to see Grandpa."
    30s
  • Q9
    When can Martin open the bag?
    Whenever he wants to show things off to his friends and family.
    Whenever he is on the reservation.
    Whenever he misses his grandpa.
    Whenever he is about to die and he passes it on to the next person.
    30s
  • Q10
    What point of view is used in the Medicine Bag?
    First person
    There is no point of view.
    Second person
    Third person
    30s
  • Q11
    What is the definition of the word wearily?
    delicate, weak
    hung in messy strands
    tiredly
    physical or mental exhaustion
    30s
  • Q12
    What is the definition of the word straggled?
    delicate, weak
    in an embarrassed way
    Hung in messy strands
    tiredly
    30s
  • Q13
    What is the definition of fatigue?
    in an embarrassed way
    Physical or mental exhaustion
    tiredly
    hung in messy strands
    30s
  • Q14
    What is the definition of frail?
    hung in messy strands
    delicate, weak
    physical or mental exhaustion
    in an embarrassed way
    30s
  • Q15
    What is the definition of sheepishly?
    In an embarrassed way
    hung in messy strands
    tiredly
    delicate, weak
    30s

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