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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What were the names of Hazel's children, according to the narrator in "Witch Hazel"?
(a) Sarah and John.
(b) Sam and Janie.
(c) James and Sally.
(d) Emily and Peter.

4. From whose perspective is "Witch Hazel" narrated?
(a) The author's.
(b) Hazel's.
(c) The author's daughter's.
(d) The author's niece's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the message taught by the Pecan Council in "The Council of Pecans"?

2. Who wrote the book Grandmothers of the Light?

3. The narrator of "Witch Hazel" says that she first met Hazel Barnett when she was walking the fields where?

4. Where did the author grow up?

5. "Hydrodictyon" is said to be Latin for what, in "A Mother's Work"?

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