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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many growth rings does John Pigeon prefer for a black ash tree for basket making?
(a) 40-50.
(b) 20-30.
(c) 10-20.
(d) 30-40.

3. What is the author's people's word for cedar?
(a) Zhawanong.
(b) Kizhig.
(c) Puhpowee.
(d) Makaks.

4. Who "writes that until we can grieve for our planet we cannot love it—grieving is a sign of spiritual health" (389)?
(a) Lewis Hyde.
(b) Oren Lyons.
(c) Bruce King.
(d) Joanna Macy.

5. In what grade was the author's daughter when she stopped standing for the Pledge of Allegiance?
(a) Second.
(b) Third.
(c) Eleventh.
(d) Sixth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "Maple Sugar Moon" translate to in the language of the author's people?

2. From where were the author's ancestors first removed from their land, according to the narrative in "The Council of Pecans"?

3. What does the author describe hanging from a cottonwood near that Onongada Lake in "The Sacred and the Superfund"?

4. What ecotheologian wrote, "We must say of the universe that it is a communion of subjects, not a collection of objects" (74)?

5. What is the "fragile layer of cells that lies between the bark and the newest wood" on a tree called (172)?

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