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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many growth rings does John Pigeon prefer for a black ash tree for basket making?
(a) 10-20.
(b) 20-30.
(c) 40-50.
(d) 30-40.

2. Who are the Keepers of Water among the Potawatomi people?
(a) Boys.
(b) Women.
(c) Turtles.
(d) Men.

3. What American elm does the author describe having been named the champion for its species in "Asters and Goldenrod"?
(a) The Parliament Hill Elm.
(b) The Glencorradale Elm.
(c) The Louis Vieux Elm.
(d) The Wethersfield Elm.

4. What did the author do for Hazel as a gift at Christmas in "Witch Hazel"?
(a) She took Hazel on a trip to Canada.
(b) She hosted a part at Hazel's old house.
(c) She helped Hazel move into a hospice facility.
(d) She planted a tree for Hazel in her yard.

5. What do the author and her neighbors call the one gas station in her community, according to the narrative in "Maple Nation: A Citizenship Guide"?
(a) The Pompey Mall.
(b) The Hilltop 66.
(c) The DC Store.
(d) The Bazaar.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. Who painted Moment in Flight?

3. What does the author say "A gift creates" in "The Gift of Strawberries" (38)?

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. In the author's metaphor for the Three Sisters as an emerging relationship between Western science and indigenous knowledge, the corn signifies what?

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