Medicine Walk

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-text review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. What does Frank use to cope with difficult circumstances?

A) He draws on experiences in nature.

B) He develops elaborate arguments.

C) He drinks alcohol to numb his feelings.

D) He becomes quiet and refuses to speak.

2. How does Frank feel about formal education?

A) He believes it is necessary to survive.

B) He would rather serve as a teacher than a learner.

C) He prefers practical skills like wilderness survival.

D) He believes education is only valuable to white people.

3. What is the importance of the land in the novel?

A) Eldon believes land serves as a source of financial wealth.

B) Frank sees the land as a harsh and unforgiving environment.

C) Eldon thinks the land is a powerful force that provides healing.

D) Frank feels responsible for the land and takes his duty seriously.

4. What is the difference between Eldon’s and Frank’s lifestyles?

A) Frank has experienced more hardship than Eldon, so he has a difficult life.

B) Frank depends more often on his home, while Eldon depends on nature.

C) Frank is dependent on nature, while Eldon is dependent on white society.

D) Frank and Eldon live similar lifestyles, but Eldon is dependent on alcohol.

5. What is Frank often motivated by?

A) Recognition

B) Duty

C) Money

D) Gain

6. What is Eldon’s motivation for having a traditional burial?

A) He wants to make amends and reconnect with his people.

B) He intends to reveal to Frank what happened to his mother.

C) He wants to explain his life to Frank to ask for forgiveness.

D) He desires to reconnect with Angie’s Indigenous culture.

7. What separates Frank from his peer group?

A) His lack of book knowledge.

B) His connection to nature.

C) His loner personality.

D) His father’s absence.

8. What does Eldon hold responsible for the difficulties in his life?

A) Poverty

B) Oppression

C) Circumstance

D) Alcoholism

9. Why do Indigenous people in the novel face exploitation?

A) They are marginalized and have little power in society.

B) They are exiled from society and are not permitted to trade.

C) They have been given no formal education.

D) They live far away from civilized Canadian society.

10. Why did Eldon want Bunky to raise Frank?

A) Eldon thought Bunky would give Frank a more privileged life.

B) Frank reminded Eldon too much of himself.

C) Frank reminded Eldon too much of Angie.

D) Eldon thought Bunky might be Frank’s real father.

11. What is the significance of the journey Frank and Eldon take together?

A) It is an opportunity for Frank to reconnect to his Indigenous heritage.

B) It is a way for Frank to confront and overcome his own pain.

C) It is a symbolic journey of reconciliation between father and son.

D) It is a way for Frank to learn about his mother and his heritage.

12. What is Eldon’s greatest character flaw?

A) He is demanding of others.

B) He cares very little for Frank.

C) He feels inferior to other people.

D) He doesn’t take personal responsibility.

13. What best describes how Frank’s attitude toward Eldon changes?

A) He does not trust Eldon but learns to forgive his past.

B) He is less dismissive of Eldon’s story and becomes more caring.

C) He grows to admire Eldon’s courage and fortitude.

D) He becomes bitter and resentful toward Eldon for his choices.

14. What best describes Angie’s character?

A) Spontaneous

B) Uncaring

C) Calculating

D) Reckless

15. What serves as a turning point for Eldon in the novel?

A) He learns about traditionalism from Becka.

B) He gives up alcohol.

C) H confesses to killing Jimmy.

D) He takes the medicine for the first time.

Long Answer

Compose a response of 2-3 sentences, incorporating text details to support your response.

1. Why is Eldon detached from his Indigenous culture? Offer examples that the reader learns over the course of the novel.

2. What drives the self-destructive tendencies that cause many of Eldon’s problems?