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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Flint and Sapling.
(b) Rose and Daisy.
(c) Swallow and Thrush.
(d) Heron and Flax.

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

3. What is the scientific name for the pecan hickory tree?
(a) Pharmacopoeia.
(b) Mycorrhizae.
(c) Carya illinoensis.
(d) Hierochloe odorata.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who stated that “objects . . . will remain plentiful because they are treated as gifts" (43)?

2. Where did the author grow up?

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)?

4. 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)?

5. What is the animate form of "to be," in the author's people's language?

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