Native American Myths

What happens to the young wife after the chief uproots the Great Tree?

• She falls through the huge hole.

• She cries because the tree has been uprooted.

• She is pulled by her hair by the Great Wind spirit.

• She breathes life into the seeds and sends them down.

What actions do the water animals take when they realize the wife of the sky chief cannot live in water?

• They try to create a earth for her to stand upon.

• They adopt her and take her to live with them.

• They circle around her 8 times and call on the winds.

• They drop her into the water and tell her to swim.

What does the description of the description of the Muskrat stress about her physical qualities?

• How small she is.

• How fast she is.

• How big she is.

• How slow she is.

How would you characterize the Muskrat's swim and her decision to make it?

• Tiring; brave.

• Tiring; cowardly.

• Easy; brave.

• Easy; cowardly.

In the Modoc myth, what do the grizzly bears do that angers the Chief of the Sky Spirits?

• Take in his daughter and marry her to their son.

• Take in his daughter and marry her to their nephew.

• Take in his daughter but then toss her into the river.

• Taken in his daughter and turn her into dinner.

What punishment does the Chief of the Sky Spirits give the grizzlies?

• He forbids them to talk and walk upright.

• He forbids them to talk.

• He forbids them to walk upright.

• He forbids them to steal picnic baskets.

What is the wind's role in the Navajo ceremony?

• The wind makes the ears of corn humans.

• The wind airs out the hides.

• The wind knocks the daughter of the Sky Spirit down the mountain.

• The wind knocks the wife of the chief down the large hole.

In which origin myth is the creation of the Earth unintentional, or almost an accident?

• Onondaga

• Modoc

• Navajo

• Chamorro

In addition to the origins of life on Earth, what features of the land does the Modoc myth explain?

• Mount Shasta

• Scratches on the backs of turtles

• Colors of ears of corn

• Lake Onondaga

Which of the myths portrays the spirits or gods as generous and kind?

• Navajo

• Modoc

• Onondaga

• Chamorro