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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Sha-note renamed?
(a) Carlotta.
(b) Sharon.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) Carol.

3. What is the scientific name for sweetgrass?
(a) Mycorrhizae.
(b) Hierochloe odorata.
(c) Solidago canadensis.
(d) Pharmacopoeia.

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

5. What is sweetgrass's favored habitat?
(a) Dry, shady forests.
(b) Sunny, well-watered meadows.
(c) Craggy, rocky mountains with low sunshine.
(d) Lava rock beds and high desert plains.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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)?

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

4. What does the author describe in "The Council of Pecans" as "fungal strands that inhabit tree roots" (30)?

5. The author states in "The Gift of Strawberries," "Gifts exist in a realm of" what (35)?

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