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Native American Myths Test

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Question 1
1.

In the story of the Earth on Turtle's Back, why did the chief decide to uproot the great tree?

Question 2
2.

When the chief’s wife fell from Skyland, what did the animals below decide to do?

Question 3
3.

By the end of the story, the Earth on Turtle's Back. what is created (after all, it’s a creation myth!)?

Question 4
4.

Who or what is Wishpoosh?

Question 5
5.

How was Lake Toppenish created?

Question 6
6.

According to the Inuit, how was the man created?

Question 7
7.

In many Native American myths, the line between the which two worlds is blurry?

Question 8
8.

When Coyote was having digestive problems, whom did he have a contest with?

Question 9
9.

How does the Raven story from the Native American Peoples of the Pacific Northwest explain why ravens are black?

Question 10
10.

According to the Acoma, how was the world created?

Question 11
11.

Why must locusts stay underground for so long?

Question 12
12.

How was Rabbit Boy created?

Question 13
13.

Who was Iktome?

Question 14
14.

What did Iktome pursuade the villagers to do to Rabbit Boy?

Question 15
15.

What happened to Rabbit Boy?

Question 16
16.

What happened to Iktome?

Question 17
17.

How were Native American stories and legends passed from one generation to another?

Question 18
18.

Who was the leader of the gods in the Powhatan creation myth?

Question 19
19.

In the Powhatan creation myth, who were the four lesser gods?

Question 20
20.

In the Alabama fire myth, who first owned fire?

Question 21
21.

Who owned fire at the end of the Alabama fire myth?

Question 22
22.

Who were the sons of the Cherokee god Great Thunder?

Question 23
23.

In the Blackfoot language myth, who appeared on a mountain and told the people to drink?

Question 24
24.

What color of water did the Blackfoot drink to get their language?

Question 25
25.

What ability was granted to the panther and the owl after they stayed awake for seven nights?

Question 26
26.

According to Choctaw mythology, what caused solar eclipses?

Question 27
27.

According to the Navajo, how were the first man and woman created?

How mosquitoes came to be
Question 28
28.

In the myth about the origin of mosquitos, what did the giant do to people?

Question 29
29.

In the myth about the origin of mosquitos, what was the plan to defeat the giant?

Question 30
30.

According to the story about the origin of mosquitos, how did mosquitos come to be?

Question 31
31.

Who is Moshup?

Question 32
32.

What was Moshup's favorite food?

Question 33
33.

What geographic feature is Moshup credited with creating?

Question 34
34.

If you finish early, you can use this space to draw something from a Native American Myth.