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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What American elm does the author describe having been named the champion for its species in "Asters and Goldenrod"?
(a) The Glencorradale Elm.
(b) The Parliament Hill Elm.
(c) The Wethersfield Elm.
(d) The Louis Vieux Elm.

2. What is the "boom and bust cycle" of nut trees called, according to the author in "The Council of Pecans" (23)?
(a) Post fruiting.
(b) Mast fruiting.
(c) Forage fruiting.
(d) Mass fruiting.

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

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

5. 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)?
(a) Bruce King.
(b) Johann Goethe.
(c) Lewis Hyde.
(d) Jeh Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is said to be a "radical proposition" in a consumer society in "Allegiance to Gratitude" (136)?

2. Where did the author go kayaking after seeing off her youngest daughter to college in "The Consolation of Water Lilies"?

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

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

5. What does the author say the word for sweetgrass is in her people's language in the Preface?

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