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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Braiding Sweetgrass.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the address called that the children recite at the Onondaga school described by the author in "Allegiance to Gratitude"?
(a) The Gratitude Salute.
(b) The Thanksgiving Address.
(c) The Earth Mother Salutation.
(d) The Pledge of Allegiance.

2. What color bedroom was among the author's daughters' list of demands for a new home in "A Mother's Work"?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) Purple.
(d) Pink.

3. What term refers to fields with many species of plants?
(a) Agricultures.
(b) Bicultures.
(c) Omnicultures.
(d) Polycultures.

4. What does appreciation beget, according to the author in "Allegiance to Gratitude"?
(a) Abundance.
(b) Gratitude.
(c) Obsequience.
(d) Order.

5. What Swedish botanist does the author reference in "In the Footsteps of Nanabozho: Becoming Indigenous to Place"?
(a) Elias Magnus Fries.
(b) Carl Peter Thunberg.
(c) Carl Linnaeus.
(d) Olof Swartz.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Nanabozho's people know time, according to the author in "In the Footsteps of Nanabozho: Becoming Indigenous to Place"?

2. What is the scientific name of the belted kingfisher?

3. In her metaphor for basket weaving in "Wisgaak Gokpenagen: A Black Ash Basket," the author says "we need to pay attention to the lessons of the three rows" (183). What does the first row represent?

4. Where does the author describe going to an agate beach with her daughter Linden in "The Consolation of Water Lilies"?

5. What is said to be a "radical proposition" in a consumer society in "Allegiance to Gratitude" (136)?

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