Comprehension
Where Martin's grandpa lives
A reservation in South Dakota
wearily
If someone is bullheaded, they are...
stubborn
The sacred sage symbolizes...
How Martin feels about wearing the medicine bag
Embarrassed
This is a synonym for weak
frail
If someone works doggedly on a project, they are working very...
hard
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.
This character is not worried about what her friends will think of her Grandpa
Martin's sister Cheryl
This animal word means "in an embarrassed way"
sheepishly
If someone is described as "horsey" then they look like a...
horse
Do you think Grandpa made the right decision to travel and visit his family?
This is how Grandpa gets to Martin's house
This word describes how Grandpa's hair looked under his hat
straggled
If someone is clammy, they are...
sweaty
The medicine bag itself symbolizes...
Lakota traditions
passing down the traditions through the sons
The contents of the medicine bag (3 things)
a pebble from the butte, a piece of the iron kettle, the sacred sage
This word means "physical or mental exhaustion"
fatigue
Use the word "sheepishly" in a sentence.
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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