Earth on Turtles' 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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Which one of these sayings expresses a cultural value clearly suggested by "The Earth on Turtle's Back"?

• Might makes right.
• If you don't succeed, try, try again.
• There's no place like home.
• The meek shall inherit the earth.
  

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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.

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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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How does the woman cause the plants to grow in “Earth on the Turtle’s Back”?

• She waters it and chants over it.

• She walks in a circle, following the Sun, around the clod of dirt.

• The animals cause it to grow with their knowledge of life.

• She prays over it.

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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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