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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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)?
(a) Lewis Hyde.
(b) Thomas Berry.
(c) Bruce King.
(d) Oren Lyons.

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

3. What is said to be a "radical proposition" in a consumer society in "Allegiance to Gratitude" (136)?
(a) Gift-giving.
(b) Contentment.
(c) Gratitude.
(d) Detachment.

4. What were the birch bark boxes that the author's ancestors carried sugar made from sap in called?
(a) Puhpowee.
(b) Wiingaashk.
(c) Ode'mini-giizis.
(d) Makaks.

5. Where did the author go kayaking after seeing off her youngest daughter to college in "The Consolation of Water Lilies"?
(a) Labrador Pond.
(b) Kacamo Pond.
(c) Williams Pond.
(d) Lewiston Pond.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the scientific name for the pecan hickory tree?

2. What is the name of the Strawberry Moon in the author's people's language?

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

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

5. After how many years does the author say her pond is now nearly swimmable in "A Mother's Work"?

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