Owl & Raven and How Big the World Is

What did Raven make for Owl?

• a dress, dappled black and white

• a pair of whale-bone boots

• a white dress

• a blubber lamp

What did Owl make for Raven?

• a new dress, dappled black and white

• a pair of whale-bone boots

• a blubber lamp

• a black dress

Why is Raven's dress not white anymore?

• Owl dumped the blubber lamp on it.

• Raven didn't like the white one.

• It got dirty because Raven wore it to hunt.

• Raven spilled ink on it.

What color is a raven?

• black

• white

• green

• brown

Did the families of the two Eskimo men travel together?

• No, they set off in opposite directions.

• Yes, they traveled together on the same sled.

How do you know that it took a long time to travel around the world?

• The original couples grew old and frail.

• The babies grew up.

• The children had children, and so on.

• All of the answers are correct.

"At last, each of them saw movement in the far distance." What did the men see in the distance?

• each other

• caribou

• polar bears

• their village

How did the men know the world was big?

• It took such a long time to travel around it.

• They measured it.

• They saw it from space.

• They read about it in a science book.

What happened after the men met back where they had started?

• They died.

• They had a party.

• They took a vacation.

• They wrote a book about their travels.

What do you think this legend is meant to teach?

• The world is really big.

• You should keep trying, even if something takes your whole life.

• Traveling with your family is important.

• Sometimes it takes more than one person to do an experiment.