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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) Bruce King.
(b) John Singer Sargent.
(c) Lewis Hyde.
(d) Thomas Berry.

2. What does the author say the word for sweetgrass is in her people's language in the Preface?
(a) Puhpowee.
(b) Ode'mini-giizis.
(c) Wiingaashk.
(d) Yawe.

3. For how long does the author say the commodity economy has been here on Turtle Island in "The Gift of Strawberries"?
(a) 600 years.
(b) 200 years.
(c) 400 years.
(d) 100 years.

4. What does the author say "A gift creates" in "The Gift of Strawberries" (38)?
(a) "Eternal indebtedness."
(b) "Bitterness."
(c) "Ongoing relationship."
(d) "A solution to problems."

5. The author states in "Skywoman Falling" that when her people braid sweetgrass, they are braiding what?
(a) Love, hope, and charity.
(b) The hair of Mother Earth.
(c) The hair of Father Earth.
(d) The whiskers of the Lion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Sha-note renamed?

3. The author states in "Skywoman Falling," "The Skywoman story, shared by the original peoples throughout the Great Lakes, is a constant star in the constellation of teachings we call" what (16)?

4. According to the author in "Skywoman Falling," sweetgrass is one of how many sacred plants of her people?

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

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