In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 96 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the raven make more sheep?
(a) Because the man liked them.
(b) Because the raven liked them.
(c) The raven did not make more sheep.
(d) So the pea pod people could eat.

2. What did he drink from?
(a) A ladel.
(b) A coconut.
(c) A stream of water.
(d) A pool of cool water.

3. This story spread from Siberia to what country?
(a) Alaska.
(b) Canada.
(c) Iceland.
(d) Greenland.

4. Why did all of Alatangana's children speak different languages?
(a) They wanted to punish their father for leaving their mother.
(b) They were born in the town of Babel.
(c) Sa had punished Alatangana for taking his daughter away.
(d) Sa's wife spoke many different languages.

5. What did the Fool do with his puppets?
(a) Drowned them in a lake.
(b) Threw them in a hole and covered them with dirt.
(c) Gave them to the Wise.
(d) Set them on fire and spread their ashes.

6. What was special about all of Alatangana's children?
(a) They were psychic.
(b) Each could speak to animals.
(c) They spoke different languages.
(d) They each had a different talent.

7. What did Phan Ku use to carve out the world?
(a) An ax.
(b) A chisel.
(c) A sword.
(d) His breath.

8. What happened to the world as time passed?
(a) It began to spin.
(b) It became polluted.
(c) It prospered.
(d) It failed.

9. What type of god is the raven?
(a) A wrathful god.
(b) A lenient god.
(c) A sad god.
(d) A wiley god.

10. What did the man look like when he fell out?
(a) An infant.
(b) A fully-formed man.
(c) An old man.
(d) A child.

11. Where did the raven take the man when it returned?
(a) To the ocean.
(b) To a small creek.
(c) To a great lake.
(d) To the river.

12. Why did Ra create an endless sea of mud?
(a) To create a hard ground material.
(b) So he could make animals and plants.
(c) So he could build a house.
(d) To stop the flood of waters from the ocean.

13. How did he feel while moving across the soft ground?
(a) Uneasy.
(b) Confident.
(c) Self-assured.
(d) Scared.

14. Where did Quat sail to create night?
(a) To the moon.
(b) To the far edge of the sky.
(c) To the end of the earth.
(d) To the edge of the ocean.

15. What did the Old Man determine would happen to people?
(a) They would live forever.
(b) They would determine their own lifespans.
(c) They would die.
(d) They would become sick, but they would live.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children did Alatangana and Sa's daughter have?

2. What is the name of Death in Chapter three?

3. Who did the man think would also like the sheep?

4. What was the animal made of?

5. Why didn't Alatangana like Sa's house?

(see the answer keys)

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