Characters
What is the name of the protagonist in the Medicine bag?
Who is Martin.
Which figurative language is present in this quote:
“I wanted to sink right through the pavement.”
What is metaphor.
What is the point of view present in the story.
What is first person.
What is the main conflict present in the Medicine bag?
What is Person vs Self.
What is the inciting incident for the Medicine Bag.
What is Joe Iron Shell traveling to Martin's home.
What are the names of the two main side characters present?
Who is Cheryl and Joe Iron Shell.
Which figurative language is present in this quote:
“I saw how his gray hair straggled from under his big black hat, which had a drooping feather in its crown. His rumpled black suit hung like a sack over his stooped frame. As he shook my hand, his coat fell open to expose a bright-red satin shirt with a beaded bolo tie under the collar.”
What is Imagery.
What state did the majority of this story take place in?
Where is Iowa.
What does the author of the Medicine bag mainly do?
What is write children books on Native Americans.
True or false, does Martin have to wear the medicine bag everywhere?
What is Joe Iron Shell's character archetype?
What is The Great Teacher/Mentor/ Wise Sage
Which figurative language is present in this quote:
“His rumpled black suit hung like a sack over his stooped frame”
What is simile.
What was the time period present during the story?
When is 1970s.
What is the name of the author of the Medicine bag?
Who is Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve
What is the line of succession regarding the medicine bag.
What is oldest male heir.
What are Cheryl's, Joe's, and Martin's character types? ( round or static )
What is Cheryl=Static, Joe= Static, Martin=Round
Which figurative language is present in this quote:
“At school it seemed as if the day would never end and when it finally did, I ran home."
What is hyperbole.
What are the two main themes present in the story?
What is Cultural shame + Legacy and Tradition
What are the four grandfather teachings connected to this reading?
What is the Beaver, Buffalo, Sabe, and Bear.
What is the resolution of the medicine bag.
What is Martin taking the medicine bag from Grandpa Joe.
What are Martin's main character traits?
What is Conscious/Anxious to Mature/Respectful.
Which figurative language is present in this quote:
“Grandpa’s shoulders were shaking with quiet sobs and I felt his grief around me.”
What is Symbolism or personification.
Where was the reservation located?
Where is Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota.
What is Rosebud Sioux Tribe
What happens in the denouement of the Medicine Bag.
What is Grandpa Joe passes away and Martin is seen on the reservation.