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- 1. Multiple Choice
Why does Coyote kick Buffalo Bull's skull?
Buffalo Bull had kicked Coyote first.
Buffalo Bull had scared Coyote repeatedly.
Buffalo Bull ran over Coyote and crushed his body.
Buffalo Bull had stolen all of Coyote's food.
- 2. Multiple Choice
What surprises Coyote after he kicks Buffalo Bull's skull?
Trees suddenly grow where Buffalo Bull's skull had been.
A lightning storm suddenly appears over Coyote.
Young Buffalo suddenly appears to defend Buffalo Bull's skeleton.
Buffalo Bull suddenly runs up behind Coyote.
- 3. Multiple Choice
In this trickster tale, Coyote's request to smoke allows him time to plan. This action shows that Coyote is
a morally courageous being.
a very greedy individual.
a clever individual.
an incredibly violent being.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Buffalo Bull is angry because
Coyote has powers that Buffalo Bull doesn't have.
Buffalo Bull has lost his herd to Young Buffalo.
Coyote tried to take away Buffalo Bull's horns.
Coyote has chased away Buffalo Bull's children.
- 5. Multiple Choice
To try out his new horns, Buffalo Bull
tosses a stump into the air.
chops down another tree.
shows them off the cows of his herd.
charges into the side of a mountain.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Why does Coyote go with Buffalo Bull to find the herd?
Coyote wants to make more horns for all of the herd.
Buffalo Bull and Coyote are now friends.
Coyote wants to steal one of Buffalo Bull's children.
Coyote hopes to steal Buffalo Bull's new horns.
- 7. Multiple Choice
When Young Buffalo sees Buffalo Bull, Young Buffalo
uses his magic power to raise a mountain and hide the herd.
laughs at Buffalo Bull.
is afraid of Buffalo Bull's new horns and tries to make peace with him.
is afraid of Buffalo Bull's new horns and runs away.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Buffalo Bull give Coyote the youngest cow to
finally get rid of the annoying Coyote.
thank Coyote for his help.
ask forgiveness for all of the things he had ever done to Coyote.
get his horns back from Coyote.
- 9. Multiple Choice
What causes Coyote to lose all of his food in this work?
his cleverness
his cowardice
his greed
his anger
- 10. Multiple Choice
What type of story is a type of folk tale that features an character who engages in deceit, violence, and magic?
a myth
a creation myth
an epic saga
a trickster tale
- 11. Multiple Choice
What are archetypal characters?
character types that can be found in literature from different cultures throughout time
the main character of a story that defies all of the obstacles that are in the character's way of his or her main goal.
character types that can be found in a specific culture during a set number of specific years
the antagonists of an epic story that all try to defeat the hero from accomplishing his main goal.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which of the following characters would not represent the trickster archetype?
Loki
Bugs Bunny
The Joker
Captain America
- 13. Multiple Choice
Myths and folk tales offered primitive cultures explanations about humanity and nature. Which of the following CAN NOT be learned from this trickster tale?
Why buffalo didn't live in a certain area near the Rocky Mountains
Be respectful of the dead and their remains.
Why buffalo live together in large herds
The consequences of being greedy
Why coyotes never have any of their own food.
- 14. Multiple Choice
What becomes of the grandmother in “World on the Turtle’s Back”?
She dies and is buried, the first to receive the Iroquois funeral rites.
Her body becomes the earth, from which food grows.
Her head becomes the moon, watching over the world.
She is cast into the ocean.
- 15. Multiple Choice
In “World on the Turtle’s Back”, what grows on the twins’ mother’s grave?
The plants that Iroquois still eat.
A huge tree, like the one in Sky World.
Nothing will grow there.
- 16. Multiple ChoiceDefine a mytha traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated.a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral.a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.an account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment.
- 17. Multiple Choice
A folk tale that explains how the earth was made is best classified as
a fairy tale
a creation myth
a trickster tale
a haiku
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