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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who painted Moment in Flight?
(a) Lewis Hyde.
(b) John Singer Sargent.
(c) Thomas Berry.
(d) Bruce King.

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

3. How many times does the author say her ancestors were "removed" in the span of a single generation in "The Council of Pecans" (21)?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 9.
(d) 5.

4. When is the time for storytelling, according to the author in "Skywoman Falling"?
(a) Summer.
(b) Fall.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

5. Tahawus is the Algonquin name for what mountain, according to the author in "An Offering"?
(a) Mount Rainier.
(b) Mount Brady.
(c) Mount Marcy.
(d) Mount Shasta.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the scientific name for sweetgrass?

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

3. What does the author say "A gift creates" in "The Gift of Strawberries" (38)?

4. How does the author say trees communicate with each other in "The Council of Pecans"?

5. What is the message taught by the Pecan Council in "The Council of Pecans"?

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