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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word refers to the sacred tobacco among the author's people?
(a) Wiingaashk.
(b) Sema.
(c) Yawe.
(d) Wabunong.

2. How do Nanabozho's people know time, according to the author in "In the Footsteps of Nanabozho: Becoming Indigenous to Place"?
(a) As a circle.
(b) As a triangle.
(c) As a mountain.
(d) As a road.

3. What is one of the names for the cattail in the Potawatomi language, meaning "we wrap the baby in it" (275)?
(a) Zhawanong.
(b) Bewiieskwinuk.
(c) Hierochloe odorata.
(d) Zizibaskwet Giizis.

4. After how many years does the author say her pond is now nearly swimmable in "A Mother's Work"?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

5. What is the shared currency of Maple Nation, according to the author in "Maple Nation: A Citizenship Guide"?
(a) Oxygen.
(b) Nitrogen.
(c) Carbon.
(d) Gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the birch bark boxes that the author's ancestors carried sugar made from sap in called?

2. Who wrote the book Grandmothers of the Light?

3. What grew from Skywoman's daughter's belly after she was buried in the earth?

4. Who wrote The Mishomis Book?

5. What does South represent to the author's people?

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