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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What were the names of Skywoman's daughter's twins, whom she gave birth to before dying, according to the author in "The Gift of Strawberries"?
(a) Rose and Daisy.
(b) Flint and Sapling.
(c) Swallow and Thrush.
(d) Heron and Flax.

3. What is the scientific name for goldenrod?
(a) Carya illinoensis.
(b) Solidago canadensis.
(c) Juglandaceae.
(d) Hierochloe odorata.

4. What is the scientific name for the pecan hickory tree?
(a) Pharmacopoeia.
(b) Hierochloe odorata.
(c) Carya illinoensis.
(d) Mycorrhizae.

5. For how long does the author say the commodity economy has been here on Turtle Island in "The Gift of Strawberries"?
(a) 400 years.
(b) 200 years.
(c) 600 years.
(d) 100 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Hydrodictyon" is said to be Latin for what, 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. From whose perspective is "Witch Hazel" narrated?

4. Where did the author live while in graduate school?

5. What is the scientific name for sweetgrass?

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