Native American Origin Myths

Which animal was determined to succeed in "The Earth on the Turtle's Back"

• Turtle
• Muskrat
• Duck
• Swan

What items do the Onondaga people value in their culture?

• Animals & Dreams
• Dreams & Riches
• Women & Dreams
• Family & Dreams

In "The Grizzlies Walked Upright" the chief of the sky spirits has a daughter

• True
• False

According to "The Grizzlies Walked Upright" why do the Modocs not kill grizzlies?

• The grizzlies are too powerful
• The grizzlies are magical
• The grizzlies are their ancestors
• The grizzlies are endangered

What does the Navajo origin legend describe?

• The first marriage
• The creation of the world
• the creation of gods
• The creation of the seasons

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

• The sky

• The sea

• The earth

• Where animals come from

What kind of story attempts to explain the creation of things? 

• Folk Tale
• Origin Myth
• Epic Tale
• Legend

According to “When Grizzlies Walked Upright,” why do the Modocs never kill grizzly bears?

• The grizzlies are their ancestors.
• The grizzlies are endangered. 
• The grizzlies are magical.
• The grizzlies are too fierce.

In “When Grizzlies Walked Upright,” the daughter places herself in a dangerous position because she is

• shy
• self-sacrificing.
• self-destructive.
• curious

In which sentence is the meaning of the word protruded best described?

• The Sky Spirit's daughter stuck her head up above the smoke hole.
• The Woman from the Sky fell through the hole left by the Great Tree.
• The grizzlies raised the girl as if she were one of their own cubs.
• The First Man and the First Woman were created from ears of corn.