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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say she should call it when writers go walking the forests and fields looking for plants in "Asters and Goldenrod"?
(a) A metaphoray.
(b) An arboreal gathering.
(c) An arboreal understanding.
(d) A musing.

2. What is the message taught by the Pecan Council in "The Council of Pecans"?
(a) There is strength in solitude.
(b) War is sometimes necessary.
(c) The Windigo is all-powerful.
(d) There is strength in unity.

3. What is the Anishinaabe new year, or Maple Sugar Moon called, among the author's people?
(a) The Ode'mini-giizis.
(b) The Wiingaashk.
(c) The Zizibaskwet Giizis.
(d) The Nanabozho.

4. Who is described as "our oldest Grandmother" in the Onondaga address?
(a) The Stars.
(b) The Sun.
(c) The Earth.
(d) The Moon.

5. From where were the author's ancestors first removed from their land, according to the narrative in "The Council of Pecans"?
(a) Caifornia.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) Oregon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the name of the child that Laurie gave birth to while doing her graduate research project on sweetgrass?

3. What is the scientific name for sweetgrass?

4. "Hydrodictyon" is said to be Latin for what, in "A Mother's Work"?

5. What kind of bird's nest did the author find in the willows around her pond in "A Mother's Work"?

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