Comprehension
Vocabulary
Word Study
Craft & Structure
100

Where Martin's grandpa lives

A reservation in South Dakota

100
This means "in a tired way"

wearily

100

If someone is bullheaded, they are...

stubborn

100

The sacred sage symbolizes...

it symbolizes Martin's understanding and respecting his heritage and traditions. 
200

How Martin feels about wearing the medicine bag

Embarrassed

200

This is a synonym for weak

frail

200

If someone works doggedly on a project, they are working very...

hard

200

How does Martin's view of the medicine bag change?

At the beginning Martin feels embarrassed. After he hears Grandpa's story, he makes the connection to the history of the bag.

300

This character is not worried about what her friends will think of her Grandpa 

Martin's sister Cheryl

300

This animal word means "in an embarrassed way"

sheepishly

300

If someone is described as "horsey" then they look like a... 

horse

300

Do you think Grandpa made the right decision to travel and visit his family?

Grandpa did make the right decision to travel and visit his family because he knowns he is going to die soon and wants to give Martin the medicine bag.
400

This is how Grandpa gets to Martin's house

The bus and then he walks there
400

This word describes how Grandpa's hair looked under his hat

straggled

400

If someone is clammy, they are...

sweaty 

400

The medicine bag itself symbolizes...

Lakota traditions

passing down the traditions through the sons

500

The contents of the medicine bag (3 things) 

a pebble from the butte, a piece of the iron kettle, the sacred sage

500

This word means "physical or mental exhaustion"

fatigue

500

Use the word "sheepishly" in a sentence.

Answers may vary.

500

What happens to Grandpa and to Martin at the end of the story?

 Grandpa dies

Martin gets the medicine bag and returns to the reservation to help mourn. 

Martin adds the sacred sage to the medicine bag.

 Evidence: “That night Mom and Dad took Grandpa to the hospital. Two weeks later I stood alone on the lonely prairie of the reservation and put the sacred sage in my medicine bag.” (Paragraph 77

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