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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author in "Skywoman Falling," sweetgrass is one of how many sacred plants of her people?
(a) 4.
(b) 10.
(c) 6.
(d) 9.

2. What were the names of Skywoman's daughter's twins, whom she gave birth to before dying, according to the author in "The Gift of Strawberries"?
(a) Swallow and Thrush.
(b) Flint and Sapling.
(c) Heron and Flax.
(d) Rose and Daisy.

3. The author states in "The Gift of Strawberries," "Gifts exist in a realm of" what (35)?
(a) "Humility and mystery."
(b) "Forgiveness and negotiation."
(c) "Happiness."
(d) "Love."

4. Who stated that “objects . . . will remain plentiful because they are treated as gifts" (43)?
(a) Thomas Berry.
(b) Lewis Hyde.
(c) Johann Goethe.
(d) Bruce King.

5. What gathering in Oklahoma does the author describe as "an antidote to the divide-and-conquer strategy that was used to separate our people from each other and from our homelands" (31)?
(a) The Coushatta Gathering of Nations.
(b) The Hunting Moon Pow Wow.
(c) The Potawatomi Gathering of Nations.
(d) The Morongo Thunder and Lightning Pow Wow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What American elm does the author describe having been named the champion for its species in "Asters and Goldenrod"?

2. What does the true name Tahawus mean among the Potawatomi people?

3. What is the scientific name for the pecan hickory tree?

4. Where did the author live while in graduate school?

5. Where did the author grow up?

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