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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is left as a reciprocating gift when an ash tree is chosen to be cut down by the author's native people?
(a) Corn.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Coffee grounds.
(d) Beans.

2. What does the author say "A gift creates" in "The Gift of Strawberries" (38)?
(a) "A solution to problems."
(b) "Eternal indebtedness."
(c) "Bitterness."
(d) "Ongoing relationship."

3. The narrator of "Witch Hazel" says that she first met Hazel Barnett when she was walking the fields where?
(a) Washington.
(b) Nevada.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Tennessee.

4. In what small village is Evon Peter a Chief in northeastern Alaska?
(a) Homer.
(b) Wasilla.
(c) Sitka.
(d) Arctic Village.

5. The author states in "Skywoman Falling," "The Skywoman story, shared by the original peoples throughout the Great Lakes, is a constant star in the constellation of teachings we call" what (16)?
(a) "The Words of God."
(b) "The Old Testament."
(c) "The Original Instructions."
(d) "The Great Instructions."

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the light-absorbing pigments in the photosensors in Maple buds called?

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

4. Among "The Three Sisters," who is the firstborn?

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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