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

2. The author states in "Skywoman Falling" that when her people braid sweetgrass, they are braiding what?
(a) The whiskers of the Lion.
(b) The hair of Father Earth.
(c) The hair of Mother Earth.
(d) Love, hope, and charity.

3. What color bedroom was among the author's daughters' list of demands for a new home in "A Mother's Work"?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Purple.
(d) Pink.

4. How does the author say trees communicate with each other in "The Council of Pecans"?
(a) Via electrical pulses.
(b) Via pheromones.
(c) Via ESP.
(d) Via whispers.

5. Who painted Moment in Flight?
(a) Thomas Berry.
(b) Lewis Hyde.
(c) John Singer Sargent.
(d) Bruce King.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The author states in "The Gift of Strawberries," "Gifts exist in a realm of" what (35)?

3. The word "ecology" is derived from what Greek word?

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

5. What kind of food did the author's pet ducks take to in the winter, according to her narrative in "A Mother's Work"?

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