The World On The Turtle's Back

Where do people live at the beginning of the world in “The World 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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Who/What mysteriously appears when the little girl becomes a woman in “World on the Turtle’s Back”?

• Animals begin to appear.

• Other people begin to appear.

• Her father mysteriously appears.

• A man appears.

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In “World on the Turtle’s Back”, how does the grandmother react to the left-handed twin’s fate?

• She was angry with him.

• She throws their food out of their cabin.

• She accuses the right-handed twin of murder.

• All of these are true.

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How does the earth form in “World on the Turtle’s Back”?

• The woman brought dirt with her from

  Sky World.

• The Great Spirit forms it.

• Land already exists before the woman arrives.

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

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In “World on the Turtle’s Back”, how are the twins born?

• The twins quarrel about how to be born.

• The right-handed twin is born in the normal way.

• The left-handed twin is born through the mother’s armpit, killing her.

• All of these are true.

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How does the woman cause the plants to grow in “World on the Turtle’s Back”?

• She waters it and chants over it.

• She walks in a circle, following the Sun, around the clod of dirt.

• The animals cause it to grow with their knowledge of life.

• She prays over it.

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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.

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The twins in “World on the Turtle’s Back” decide to settle their differences in what way?

• They ask their father to choose between

  them.

• They ask their grandmother to choose

  between them.

• They do not have any differences.

• They have a series of duels.

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What is the result of the twins’ duel in “World on the Turtle’s Back”?

• The right-handed twin is killed by a deer antler.

• Their father chooses the victor.

• Their grandmother chooses the victor.

• The left-handed twin is killed by a deer antler.

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What becomes of the right-handed twin in “World on the Turtle’s Back”?

• He lives with his brother off the edge of the Earth, watching men at night.

• He disappears, but is believed to be reborn every generation.

• He lives in Sky World, receiving offerings of tobacco smoke and watching men during the day.

• He becomes the moon, men’s nighttime protector.

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