“i sent your mother and sister away. what you will hear today is only for a man’s ears. what you will receive is only for a man’s hands.” he fell silent and i felt shivers down my back. which conclusion can be drawn from grandpa’s dialogue in this excerpt? grandpa does not trust martin’s mom and sister. martin’s anticipation of owning the medicine bag grandpa. grandpa’s culture has strict rules about gender roles. martin is not old enough to carry on his ancestors’ traditions.

The conclusion that can be drawn from this excerpt is that Grandpa's culture has strict rules about gender roles. That is why he ordered mother and sister to leave and then he spoke to his grandson from man to man.

Explanation:

The Medicine Bag was composed by Virginia Driving Hawk and the attention on this entry is to demonstrate Grandpa's conventions as an individual from the Sioux ethnic gathering. One of those conventions is to pass the Medicine Bag to Martin since as per the Siuxs, it must be passed from child to child.  

That is the reason he requested mother and sister to leave and after that he addressed his grandson from man to man.

b. and i with my fighting heart, i thought at

first / to steal up to him [the cyclops].   the cyclops’ actions first odysseus to take

action after killing his men and trapping in the cave revealed his intent of

doing them harm.   that is why odysseus

blinded him to enable him and his men to escape.

16.) true

17.) true

18.) no information in the text

19.) false

20.) no information in the text