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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 scientific name for the white spruce tree?
(a) Zhawanong.
(b) Picea Glauca.
(c) Hierochloe odorata.
(d) Juglandaceae.

2. What is the scientific name of the black ash tree?
(a) Nuphar lutea.
(b) Fraxinus nigra.
(c) Carya illinoensis.
(d) Solidago canadensis.

3. What are the light-absorbing pigments in the photosensors in Maple buds called?
(a) Phytochromes.
(b) Mycorrhizae.
(c) Juglandaceae.
(d) Hierochloe odorata.

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

5. What is the scientific name for the yellow water-lily?
(a) Carya illinoensis.
(b) Amylase.
(c) Solidago canadensis.
(d) Nuphar lutea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What grew from the heart of Skywoman's daughter, according to the author in "Epiphany in the Beans"?

2. Who was the Cherokee writer that pressed a corn leaf pouch into the author's hand years ago, according to the narrative in "The Three Sisters"?

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. The author describes a lichen in "Umbilicaria: The Belly Button of the World" as being not one being but two. What are these beings?

5. What does the third row represent in the author's metaphor for basket weaving in "Wisgaak Gokpenagen: A Black Ash Basket"?

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