You need a really strong vocabulary in order to know the longest word. The only one I'm able to see which is relatively long is 'wipeout'.
The Medicine bag, on the text, represents the family's "coming of age" tradition for the boys, acting as a token for protection and a way to remember the self-discovery journey of the family's great-great-grandfather.
What conveys that the medicine bag is a symbol of manhood is the following excerpt:
<em> “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.” </em>
The statement is supported by the tales about the other male members of the family enduring hard times and finding support on the medicine bag, on the belief of the guiding spirits that once provided the symbol.
I believe the grandmother refers to her daughter-in-law, the narrator's mother, as "her affliction."
Sorry, I'm not able to go in depth about as to why considering I haven't really read the story. Hope this is of some help though!
A run-on sentence is a sentence having two independent clauses with improper punctuation and without conjunctions. The correct answer is option b. It is difficult to understand a run-on sentence because you cannot identify where to pause or stop and that the sentence does not have conjunctions which would help in the transition of clauses.
