Medicine Bag CommonLit Questions & A Worn Path (English Week 17, Module 5)
dog
After a hard journey through many different obstacles, Phoenix was knocked into a ditch by a black (blank).
He is nervous about accepting it.
How does Martin feel about receiving the medicine bag?
knows Martin is worried about his friends meeting him.
Martin's grandpa dresses up because he...
1)Phoenix crosses the water by walking across a fallen log. 2)Phoenix falls into a roadside ditch. 3)Phoenix arrives at the doctor's office. 4)Phoenix buys a gift to take back to her grandson.
Please put the events of the story in order. These events occurred from Phoenix leaving her house to returning home. Phoenix arrives at the doctor's office. Phoenix crosses the water by walking across a fallen log. Phoenix falls into a roadside ditch. Phoenix buys a gift to take back to her grandson.
how the woman walks
The phrase "with the balanced heaviness and lightness of a pendulum in a grandfather clock" describes __________________.
buggy whip
Welty uses a simile to describe Phoenix's cane: limber as a (blank)
Small weathered cabins
What appears "all like old women under a spell sitting there"?
Phoenix cannot afford to pay.
What does it mean when the nurse marks Phoenix's case "Charity"?
goes through with the tradition, as his grandpa described it to him.
When Martin's grandpa gives him the medicine bag, he...
He is confused by its meaning.
Which of the following describes Iron Shell's reaction to his vision?
It is a pouch being passed down to Martin because his grandpa is dying soon.
Which of the following describes the medicine bag?
Numberless branching wrinkles
Which of these phrases illustrates hyperbole?
Her eyes were blue with age
Which of these phrases illustrates metaphor?
It whispered and shook and was taller than her head
Which of these phrases illustrates personification?
Big dead trees, like black men with one arm
Which of these phrases is a simile?
He missed them and wanted to see their home.
Why did Martin's grandpa decide to visit them?
He is tired from the long journey and the heat.
Why does Martin's grandpa collapse?
They haven't been completely honest about him and his life.
Why don't Martin and his sister show pictures of their grandpa?
He is afraid that his friends will make fun of him.
Why hasn't Martin allowed his friends to meet his grandpa?
He was dressed in an unusual way.
Why is Martin embarrassed by his grandpa?
His eldest son died in a war.
Why isn't Grandpa giving the medicine bag to his eldest son?
