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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What song did the author's pre-med students begin singing as they departed camp in "The Sound of Silverbells"?
(a) Awiakta.
(b) America the Beautiful.
(c) Hallelujah.
(d) Amazing Grace.

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

4. Who is described in "Maple Sugar Moon" as "the Anishinaabe Original Man" (79)?
(a) Puhpowee.
(b) Wiingaashk.
(c) Nanabozho.
(d) Yawe.

5. What grew from the hair of Skywoman's daughter, according to the author in "Epiphany in the Beans"?
(a) Daisies.
(b) Sweetgrass.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Onions.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many growth rings does John Pigeon prefer for a black ash tree for basket making?

2. What term refers to fields with many species of plants?

3. What word refers to the sacred tobacco among the author's people?

4. What does appreciation beget, according to the author in "Allegiance to Gratitude"?

5. 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?

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