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Making Inferences: Independent Practice (10 points) Directions: Read “The Sky Tree,” a Native American creation myth, found on page 24 of your textbook. Then answer the questions about making inferences that follow.

1. From the line “All of the food which the people in that Sky Land ate came from the great tree”, you can infer that: a. The people were helpless to find their own food b. The people depended heavily on nature to provide them with food c. The people thought that the great tree was actually a man

2. From the information given in the myth, what can be inferred about the importance of dreams to the people in this culture? a. Dreams help to inform their everyday lives b. Dreams are only part of the imagination c. Dreams cannot be trusted

3. When Aataentsic says, “Without the tree, there can be no life. I must follow it,” and then throws herself into the hole, you can infer that: a. To Native Americans, the individual is more important than the culture as a whole b. To Native Americans, the culture as a whole is more important than the individual c. To Native Americans, the culture as a whole, and the individual are of equal importance.

4. From this myth, you can infer that the relationship between animals and humans in the Native American culture is: a. Supportive b. Filled with hatred c. Filled with envy 5. The value of trusting in others is shown in this myth through which of the following details? a. Aataentsic trusts her husband when he tells her to cut down the tree b. The other water animals trust Turtle when he tells them that he saw Aataentsic fall c. Both A & B are correct

6. (5 points) Do you think the people who told this myth feel a hostile or supportive relationship with the natural world? Use your skills in making inferences to answer in one paragraph that gives specific references from the text to support your ideas.