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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color bedroom was among the author's daughters' list of demands for a new home in "A Mother's Work"?
(a) Purple.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Pink.

2. What percentage of the atmosphere is nitrogen gas?
(a) 45%.
(b) 56%.
(c) 78%.
(d) 89%.

3. What does "Sha-note" mean in the author's people's language (21)?
(a) River in a gorge.
(b) Wind blowing through.
(c) Cliff overhanging the ocean.
(d) Trees falling from fire.

4. 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."

5. Upon what creature's back did the woman spread the mud in "Skywoman Falling"?
(a) Clam's.
(b) Giraffe's.
(c) Elephant's.
(d) Turtle's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the scientific family that comprises butternuts, black walnuts, hickories, and pecans?

2. What does the author say she should call it when writers go walking the forests and fields looking for plants in "Asters and Goldenrod"?

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. What refers to "the natural process of nutrient enrichment that comes with age," and what happened to the author's pond in "A Mother's Work"?

5. Where did the author grow up?

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