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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what small village is Evon Peter a Chief in northeastern Alaska?
(a) Wasilla.
(b) Arctic Village.
(c) Sitka.
(d) Homer.

2. What does the author say "A gift creates" in "The Gift of Strawberries" (38)?
(a) "Bitterness."
(b) "Ongoing relationship."
(c) "Eternal indebtedness."
(d) "A solution to problems."

3. The narrator of "Witch Hazel" says that she first met Hazel Barnett when she was walking the fields where?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Nevada.
(c) Washington.
(d) Tennessee.

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

5. Who is described as "our oldest Grandmother" in the Onondaga address?
(a) The Sun.
(b) The Stars.
(c) The Moon.
(d) The Earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is the time for storytelling, according to the author in "Skywoman Falling"?

2. What color are the flowers of the witch hazel plant?

3. 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)?

4. Tahawus is the Algonquin name for what mountain, according to the author in "An Offering"?

5. Where did the author grow up?

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