Review "World on a a Turtle's Back"

What is the storyteller's purpose for telling this story?

• To explain how the earth was created

• To teach the Onondaga about why people have twins

• To encourage modern society to respect nature

• To foster hope for people entering the Sky World

What is significant about the items the two twins create?

• They struggle to create items because they're mortal and were not born in the Sky World

• The clay they use causes great strife between the brothers

• The food chain created by them reflects the chaotic nature of their relationship

• They create a balanced food chain and nature system on earth

Which of the following best describes the relationship between the two twins?

• Resentment and violence

• Outrage and compassion

• Optimism and prevention

• Annoyance and triumph

According to this myth, in the beginning the gods lived

• in the sky

• in the water

• on the earth

• beneath the earth

At what point do the twins begin to fight with each other?

• Before they are born

• When they are born

• When their mother dies

• When their grandmother favors one over the other

How does the earth form in “World on the Turtle’s Back”?

• The woman brought dirt with her from

  Sky World.

• The Great Spirit forms it.

• Land already exists before the woman arrives.

• A muskrat brings up soil from the ocean bottom, and the woman plants the roots in them.

What becomes of the grandmother in “World on the Turtle’s Back”?

• She dies and is buried, the first to receive the Iroquois funeral rites.

• Her body becomes the earth, from which food grows.

• Her head becomes the moon, watching over the world.

• She is cast into the ocean.

What becomes of the right-handed twin in “World on the Turtle’s Back”?

• He lives with his brother off the edge of the Earth, watching men at night.

• He disappears, but is believed to be reborn every generation.

• He lives in Sky World, receiving offerings of tobacco smoke and watching men during the day.

• He becomes the moon, men’s nighttime protector.

In “World on the Turtle’s Back”, what grows on the twins’ mother’s grave?

• The plants that Iroquois still eat.

• A huge tree, like the one in Sky World.

• Nothing will grow there.

Wen the woman falls from the Sky-World, the birds' actions show that animals

• do not care about others

• fear others

• depend on the help of others

• care about others