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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say she should call it when writers go walking the forests and fields looking for plants in "Asters and Goldenrod"?
(a) An arboreal understanding.
(b) A metaphoray.
(c) An arboreal gathering.
(d) A musing.

2. What is the scientific name of the cattail plant?
(a) Solidago canadensis.
(b) Typha latifolia.
(c) Carya illinoensis.
(d) Hierochloe odorata.

3. Who wrote The Mishomis Book?
(a) Eddie Benton-Banais.
(b) Awiakta.
(c) Bruce King.
(d) Tom Touchet.

4. What is the scientific name for the pecan hickory tree?
(a) Pharmacopoeia.
(b) Mycorrhizae.
(c) Hierochloe odorata.
(d) Carya illinoensis.

5. Where does the author describe going to an agate beach with her daughter Linden in "The Consolation of Water Lilies"?
(a) Marsha's Vineyard.
(b) Cape Cod.
(c) Patrick's Point.
(d) Cape May.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Mayan story of Creation, the first humans were shaped of what?

2. What did the author do for Hazel as a gift at Christmas in "Witch Hazel"?

3. What naturalist wrote, "There can be no purpose more inspiring than to begin the age of restoration, reweaving the wondrous diversity of life that still surrounds us" (403)?

4. What kind of tree is described as the Great Tree of Peace in "The Sacred and the Superfund"?

5. What does the author describe the granite as in the Adirondack landscape in "Umbilicaria: The Belly Button of the World"?

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