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- 1. Multiple Choice
"The Earth on Turtle's Back" shows the importance the Onondaga placed on
Dreams
Respect
Strength in Battle
Old Age
- 2. Multiple Choice"The Earth on Turtle's Back" explains the origin of?The skyThe seaThe earthWhere animals come from
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWho uprooted the Great Tree?The WifeThe Great Chiefyoung men of the the Skylandthe turtle
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWho caught the Wife as she was falling?The DuckThe TurtleThe MuskratTwo Swans
- 5. Multiple Choice
Where do people live at the beginning of the world in “The Earth on the Turtle’s Back”?
In an Ocean World under the Ocean.
There are no people anywhere.
Inside the world, like babies in a womb.
In a Sky World above the world.
- 6. Multiple Choice
How does the earth form in “Earth on the Turtle’s Back”?
The woman brought dirt with her from
Sky World and it fell into the ocean causing it to grow.
The Great Spirit forms it when he steps down from the Sky World and touches the areas he wants to create.
Land already exists before the woman arrives.
A muskrat brings up soil from the ocean bottom, and the woman plants the roots in them.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Why does the woman's fall generate concern among the animals?
They realize she cannot live in the water as they do.
They realize that she has died.
They realize she is pregnant.
They realize she has no family.
- 8. Multiple Choice
What type of human qualities do the animals exhibit once they respond to the wife of the chief falling down the hole?
Benevolence
Kindness
Generosity
All of the above.
- 9. Multiple Choice
According to this myth, what element of the earth did not exist in the beginning?
sky
land
water
animals
- 10. Multiple Choice
What did the woman bring with her when she fell?
a handful of seeds
a potato
her husband
a pet turtle
- 11. Multiple Choice
Why did they have to pull the Great Tree to begin with?
It was rotting
It was too big
The wife had a dream it was removed
It was growing inside their house
- 12. Multiple Choice
Who offered to have the piece of Earth be placed on its back?
the duck
the swan
the muskrat
the turtle
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