The Earth on Turtle's Back

The Earth on Turtle's Back

9th - 12th Grade

10 Qs

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The Earth on Turtle's Back

The Earth on Turtle's Back

Assessment

Quiz

English

9th - 12th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RL.4.9, RI.11-12.10, RI.1.1

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Standards-aligned

Created by

Lila Willis

Used 458+ times

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Dreams

Respect

Strength in Battle

Old Age

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

"The Earth on Turtle's Back" explains the origin of?
The sky
The sea
The earth
Where animals come from

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Who uprooted the Great Tree?
The Wife
The Great Chief
young men of the the Skyland
the turtle

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Who caught the Wife as she was falling?
The Duck
The Turtle
The Muskrat
Two Swans

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

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