Details in the Story
The 10-year-old, kid sister's name
Who is Cheryl?
The reason the grandkids never showed their friends grandpa's picture.
What was embarassed?
They knew the glamourous tales they told didn't go with the real thing.
What is Lakota?
The word for: weak and delicate
What is frail?
The place and time a story takes place.
What is setting?
The name of the state the narrator and his family lives in
What is Iowa?
Mom's reaction to grandpa's arrival
What is disbelief/shock?
....her hand was over her mouth and she looked as if she couldn't believe what she saw.
Designated pieces of land ruled by tribal law.
In the past, Native Americans were forced onto this piece of land.
What is a reservation?
The word for: mentally or physically exhausted
What is fatigue?
The point of view in which this story is told.
What is 1st person point of view?
The place the grandkids went to visit grandpa every summer
Where is Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota?
This happened to grandpa immediately after he hugged and greeted Cheryl.
What is collapsed
The author of this story
Who is Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve?
The word for: in a tired way
What is wearily?
The events in the story that places that involves the characters and the central conflict.
What is plot?
Name two details of grandpa's "getup" (how he was dressed) when he showed up in the neighborhood?
"His getup wasn't out of place on the reservation, but it sure was here,..."
What is a big black hat, rumpled black suit, coat, bright red satin shirt, and beaded bolo tie?
On visits to Grandpa, the grandkids received Lakota five gifts that "made an impression": name two:
What is a Lakota article, moccasins, a drum, a Lakota song to sing, or a leather-covered stick with a feather on the end.
Displays of affection are unseemly to the Lakota. (paragraph 16)
What does this mean?
What are public displays of affection are inappropriate (among Lakota adults).
The word for: hung in messy strands (hair)
What is straggled?
The type of conflict that takes place in the mind of a character (struggle to make a decision, take action, or overcome a feeling)
What is internal conflict?