What generalization about the Sioux do Martin and his mother make?

Displays of affection are unseemly.

The medicine bag comes to represent Martin’s

family heritage and his pride in his grandfather.

Which of the following best captures the main theme of “The Medicine Bag”?

Young and old people need to value culture and traditions.

How are Martin and Cheryl different in their attitudes about their grandfather when he arrives?

Cheryl is not bothered by Grandpa like Martin is.

How do Martin’s feelings about Grandpa relate to his feelings about wearing the medicine bag?

A mix of embarrassment & pride about him & the medicine bag.

What is the significance of Grandpa’s medicine bag?

It contains items from a vision quest made by Great Grandpa.

What does Grandfather do to show that he knows kids often are embarrassed by their elders?

He cleans his hat and changes his clothes.

What is the main reason given by Grandpa for his surprise visit to the family?

He wants to pass on the medicine bag to Martin before dying.

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Reading comprehension The Medicine Bag by Virginia Driving Have Sneve

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1
What generalization about the Sioux do Martin and his mother make?
Speaking of death is impolite.
Leaving the reservation is forbidden.
Displays of affection are unseemly.
They are tall and stately with long braided hair.
2
Grandpa lives on the Redbud Reservation in
Oklahoma.
Nebraska.
Texas.
South Dakota.
3
The medicine bag comes to represent Martin’s
desire to reject his Sioux heritage.
decision to go and live on the reservation.
love for the Sioux way of life and for the prairie.
family heritage and his pride in his grandfather.
4
Why doesn’t Martin want to show his friends pictures of Grandpa?
Martin doesn’t care to share something so personal.
Martin’s friends would have laughed.
Martin is ashamed of Grandpa.
Martin’s friends aren’t interested in Grandpa.
5
Which of the following best captures the main theme of “The Medicine Bag”?
Young and old people need to value culture and traditions.
Youth can never fully appreciate the wisdom of a bygone era.
Martin’s family is a prime example of elderly abuse.
The Sioux have lost their cultural traditions.
6
How are Martin and Cheryl different in their attitudes about their grandfather when he arrives?
Martin talks more with Grandpa than Cheryl does.
Only Martin wants to bring friends over to meet Grandpa.
Cheryl is not bothered by Grandpa like Martin is.
Only Cheryl shows Grandpa’s picture to her friends.
7
How do Martin’s feelings about Grandpa relate to his feelings about wearing the medicine bag?
He has no place in his life for Grandpa or the medicine bag.
He likes Grandpa but not the point of the medicine bag.
A mix of embarrassment & pride about him & the medicine bag.
Martin is always proud of Grandpa and hismedicine bag.
8
What is the significance of Grandpa’s medicine bag?
It is a symbol used in rituals by men in Martin’s family.
It contains an artifact that he found when he was a boy.
It is a sacred necklace worn only by Sioux chiefs.
It contains items from a vision quest made by Great Grandpa.
9
What does Grandfather do to show that he knows kids often are embarrassed by their elders?
He stops talking about Sioux history.
He has a talk with Martin about Sioux pride and tradition.
He leaves the room when Martin’s friends are over.
He cleans his hat and changes his clothes.
10
What is the main reason given by Grandpa for his surprise visit to the family?
He is bringing the family money.
He wants to pass on the medicine bag to Martin before dying.
He feels that he can no longer take care of himself.
He is taking a final vision quest before dying.

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