Native American Literature

What did the Sky Chief's wife have in her hand when she fell from Skyland in Earth on Turtle's Back?

• flowers

• a crown

• roots

• shoes

What is a trickster tale?

• a story where a character does heroic deeds to teach lessons about tribal values.

• a story where an animal character transforms into a human character in order to show human flaws.

• a story where a foolish character gets what they deserve at the end.

• a story where a character uses deceit, violence and magic to teach lessons to the audience; it also explains natural phenomena.

In "The World on the Turtle's Back," both twins represent...

• balance in nature

• the conflict between good and evil

• primordial sacrifice

• the origin of evil

Native American Literature does not include the balance of good and evil.

• True

• False

What animals did the Native Americans characterize as Tricksters?

• Eagle and Wolf

• Coyote and Raven

• Skunk and Badger

• Mountain Lion and Squirrel

Which twin is considered evil in "The Earth on a Turtle's Back?"

• the right-handed twin

• the left-handed twin

True/False: With oral tradition, stories can become distorted and lead to multiple versions

• True

• False

Which group worshiped many gods and had a close relationship with nature?

• Explorers

• Settlers

• Puritans

• Native Americans

What shape appears in many Native American myths?

• a circle

• a square

• a triangle

• a rectangle

The Sky Tree is what kind of myth?

• Creation

• Moral Lesson

• Warning

• Origin story