The Earth on Turtle's Back

Multiple Choice

The Earth on Turtle's Back" shows the importance the Onondaga placed on..

• Dreams

• Strength in Battle

• Respect

• Old Age

Multiple Choice

Which one of these sayings expresses a cultural value clearly suggested by "The Earth on Turtle's Back"?

• Might makes right.

• If you don't succeed, try, try again.

• There's no place like home.

• The meek shall inherit the earth.

Multiple Choice

"The Earth on Turtle's Back" explains the origin of?

• The sky

• The sea

• The earth

• Where animals come from

Multiple Choice

Who uprooted the Great Tree?

• The Wife

• young men of the the Skyland

• The Great Chief

• the turtle

Multiple Choice

Who caught the Wife as she was falling?

• The Duck

• The Turtle

• The Muskrat

• Two Swans

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.

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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.

• A muskrat brings up soil from the ocean bottom, and the woman plants the roots in them.

• Land already exists before the woman arrives.

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 she is pregnant.

• They realize she has no family.

• They realize that she has died.

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.

Multiple Choice

The primary purpose of this selection is to:

• document historical events

• explain how the world was created

• educate others about the consequences of enmity between brothers