Creation Myth

What is a creation myth?

• A true story about how the world began.

• A false story about how the world began.

• A story told by animals.

• A story told by mystical creatures.

In "The Earth on Turtles Back", why must The Great Tree be uprooted?

• Because it is taking up too much space.

• Because the wife had a dream and it was their culture to make the dream come to pass.

• Because the ancient chief said so.

• Because the wife got tired of looking at it.

What is an inference?

• A known fact and practical information combined with what the text tells us.

• A known fact

• Practical information combined with what the text tells us.

• None of the above.

We can infer that the animals in "The Earth on Turtles Back" are

• Kind

• Compassionate

• Mean

• Kind and compassionate

Which animal succeeded in bringing up the earth in "The Earth on Turtle's Back"?

• The loon.

• The muskrat.

• The beaver.

• The cat.

What does "The Earth on Turtle's Back" explain?

• How turtles got be so strong.

• How the earth was created.

• How the oceans were created.

• How curious people are.

In " When Grizzlies Walked Upright", the Spirit's daughter disobeyed her father's order when he instructed her not to stick her head out at the top.

• True

• False

In "When Grizzlies Walked Upright", when the daughter landed on the ground, a mama grizzly bear took her.

• False

• True

In "When Grizzlies Walked Upright", the daughter conceived and procreated a creature that was

• half human, half bird

• half human, half bear

• half human, half muskrat

• half human, half loon

In "When Grizzlies Walked Upright", when the Sky Spirit came down to see his long-lost daughter, he was very happy and pleased that a new race of creatures had been created.

• True

• False