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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the birch bark boxes that the author's ancestors carried sugar made from sap in called?
(a) Wiingaashk.
(b) Ode'mini-giizis.
(c) Puhpowee.
(d) Makaks.

2. What does South represent to the author's people?
(a) Death and grief.
(b) Ancient knowledge.
(c) Birth and growth.
(d) Community.

3. In what small village is Evon Peter a Chief in northeastern Alaska?
(a) Wasilla.
(b) Homer.
(c) Sitka.
(d) Arctic Village.

4. What does appreciation beget, according to the author in "Allegiance to Gratitude"?
(a) Abundance.
(b) Obsequience.
(c) Gratitude.
(d) Order.

5. According to the author in "A Mother's Work," Onondaga Lake has a reputation for being one of the most what lakes in the country?
(a) Algae-ridden.
(b) Polluted.
(c) Pristine.
(d) Fish-filled.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the address called that the children recite at the Onondaga school described by the author in "Allegiance to Gratitude"?

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

3. What is said to be a "radical proposition" in a consumer society in "Allegiance to Gratitude" (136)?

4. What is the ph value of leachate from the Onondaga Lake, according to the author in "The Sacred and the Superfund"?

5. In what type of environment do black ash trees thrive?

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