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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author in "Skywoman Falling," sweetgrass is one of how many sacred plants of her people?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 10.
(d) 9.

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

3. 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)?
(a) The Hunting Moon Pow Wow.
(b) The Coushatta Gathering of Nations.
(c) The Morongo Thunder and Lightning Pow Wow.
(d) The Potawatomi Gathering of Nations.

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

5. What American elm does the author describe having been named the champion for its species in "Asters and Goldenrod"?
(a) The Glencorradale Elm.
(b) The Wethersfield Elm.
(c) The Parliament Hill Elm.
(d) The Louis Vieux Elm.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From where were the author's ancestors first removed from their land, according to the narrative in "The Council of Pecans"?

3. For how long does the author say the commodity economy has been here on Turtle Island in "The Gift of Strawberries"?

4. Upon what creature's back did the woman spread the mud in "Skywoman Falling"?

5. What does the author say she should call it when writers go walking the forests and fields looking for plants in "Asters and Goldenrod"?

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