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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 the name of the Strawberry Moon in the author's people's language?
(a) Puhpowee.
(b) Ode'mini-giizis.
(c) Wiingaashk.
(d) Yawe.

2. What kind of food did the author's pet ducks take to in the winter, according to her narrative in "A Mother's Work"?
(a) Dog food.
(b) Chicken food.
(c) Cat food.
(d) Pig food.

3. What color are the flowers of the witch hazel plant?
(a) White.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Blue.
(d) Red.

4. How many times does the author say her ancestors were "removed" in the span of a single generation in "The Council of Pecans" (21)?
(a) 3.
(b) 9.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

5. In what year does the author describe her grandfather gathering pecans in "The Council of Pecans"?
(a) 1798.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1902.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is described in maple trees as "the enzyme responsible for cleaving large molecules of starch stored in the roots into small molecules of sugar" (85)?

2. What is the name of the process in a bean shoot in which the vine inscribes a circle in the air?

3. Who is described as the late bloomer of the family in "The Three Sisters"?

4. Who is the Onondaga Faithkeeper who told the author, "Of course you should write about it. It’s supposed to be shared, otherwise how can it work? We’ve been waiting five hundred years for people to listen. If they’d understood the Thanksgiving then, we wouldn’t be in this mess" (142)?

5. What word from the Preface refers to a book containing a list of medicinal drugs with their effects and directions for use?

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