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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does the author describe her grandfather gathering pecans in "The Council of Pecans"?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1798.

2. According to the Mayan story of Creation, the first humans were shaped of what?
(a) Water.
(b) Mud.
(c) Wood.
(d) Corn.

3. What does "Maple Sugar Moon" translate to in the language of the author's people?
(a) Zizibaskwet Giizis.
(b) Wiingaashk.
(c) Puhpowee.
(d) Ode'mini-giizis.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon what creature's back did the woman spread the mud in "Skywoman Falling"?

2. What is the Hiawatha wampum belt the symbol of?

3. From whose perspective is "Witch Hazel" narrated?

4. What is the scientific name of the cattail plant?

5. Where was the Carlisle Indian Industrial School located?

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