Earth on Turtle's Back

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

• Dreams

• Respect

• Strength in Battle

• Old Age

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"The Earth on Turtle's Back" explains the origin of?

• The sky
• The sea
• The earth
• Where animals come from

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Who uprooted the Great Tree?

• The Wife
• The Great Chief
• young men of the the Skyland
• the turtle

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Who caught the Wife as she was falling?

• The Duck
• The Turtle
• The Muskrat
• Two Swans

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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.

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.

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Why does the woman's fall generate concern among the animals?

• They realize she cannot live in the water as they do.

• They realize that she has died.

• They realize she is pregnant.

• They realize she has no family.

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What type of human qualities do the animals exhibit once they respond to the wife of the chief falling down the hole?

• Benevolence

• Kindness

• Generosity

• All of the above.

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According to this myth, what element of the earth did not exist in the beginning?

• sky

• land

• water

• animals

What did the woman bring with her when she fell?

• a handful of seeds

• a potato

• her husband

• a pet turtle

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