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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states in "The Gift of Strawberries," "Gifts exist in a realm of" what (35)?
(a) "Forgiveness and negotiation."
(b) "Humility and mystery."
(c) "Love."
(d) "Happiness."

2. Where did the author grow up?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Northern California.
(c) Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
(d) Upstate New York.

3. On how many acres did the home sit that the author fell in love with in upstate New York in "A Mother's Work"?
(a) 12.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

4. What does the true name Tahawus mean among the Potawatomi people?
(a) Cloud Splitter.
(b) Flaming lava.
(c) Large eruption.
(d) Gentle slope.

5. According to the author in "Skywoman Falling," sweetgrass is one of how many sacred plants of her people?
(a) 10.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color bedroom was among the author's daughters' list of demands for a new home in "A Mother's Work"?

2. In the teachings of the Onondaga people, leadership is rooted not in power and authority but in what?

3. Who wrote in an 1890 treatise that “the colors diametrically opposed to each other . . . are those which reciprocally evoke each other in the eye" (61)?

4. What is the scientific name for sweetgrass?

5. According to the author in "A Mother's Work," Onondaga Lake has a reputation for being one of the most what lakes in the country?

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