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

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

3. According to the beliefs of the author's people, what does East represent?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Love.
(d) Community.

4. 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 gathering.
(b) An arboreal understanding.
(c) A metaphoray.
(d) A musing.

5. In the teachings of the Onondaga people, leadership is rooted not in power and authority but in what?
(a) Submission and meekness.
(b) Service and wisdom.
(c) Gratitude.
(d) Instinct and trust.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the Keepers of Water among the Potawatomi people?

2. After how many years does the author say her pond is now nearly swimmable in "A Mother's Work"?

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

4. When is the time for storytelling, according to the author in "Skywoman Falling"?

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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