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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon what creature's back did the woman spread the mud in "Skywoman Falling"?
(a) Clam's.
(b) Giraffe's.
(c) Turtle's.
(d) Elephant's.

2. Along what river does the author describe her grandfather collecting pecans in "The Council of Pecans"?
(a) The Niagara River.
(b) The Canadian River.
(c) The Arkansas River.
(d) The Ottawa River.

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

4. Who wrote in an 1890 treatise that “the colors diametrically opposed to each other . . . are those which reciprocally evoke each other in the eye" (61)?
(a) Bruce King.
(b) Lewis Hyde.
(c) Johann Goethe.
(d) Jeh Johnson.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the scientific name for sweetgrass?

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

3. In what year does the author describe her grandfather gathering pecans in "The Council of Pecans"?

4. What is the scientific family that comprises butternuts, black walnuts, hickories, and pecans?

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

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