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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of food did the author's pet ducks take to in the winter, according to her narrative in "A Mother's Work"?
(a) Pig food.
(b) Chicken food.
(c) Dog food.
(d) Cat food.

2. What is the scientific name for the yellow water-lily?
(a) Amylase.
(b) Nuphar lutea.
(c) Solidago canadensis.
(d) Carya illinoensis.

3. What is the word used to mean South in the author's native language?
(a) Puhpowee.
(b) Zhawanong.
(c) Makaks.
(d) Wabunong.

4. The narrator of "Witch Hazel" says that she first met Hazel Barnett when she was walking the fields where?
(a) Nevada.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Washington.
(d) Tennessee.

5. What is the name of the Strawberry Moon in the author's people's language?
(a) Wiingaashk.
(b) Ode'mini-giizis.
(c) Yawe.
(d) Puhpowee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color hair is the Windigo said to have in "Windigo Footprints"?

2. What is sweetgrass called in the Mohawk language?

3. What do the author and her neighbors call the one gas station in her community, according to the narrative in "Maple Nation: A Citizenship Guide"?

4. Where does the author describe going to an agate beach with her daughter Linden in "The Consolation of Water Lilies"?

5. What is the "boom and bust cycle" of nut trees called, according to the author in "The Council of Pecans" (23)?

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