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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the scientific family that comprises butternuts, black walnuts, hickories, and pecans?
(a) Hierochloe odorata.
(b) Juglandaceae.
(c) Pharmacopoeia.
(d) Carya illinoensis.

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

3. "Hydrodictyon" is said to be Latin for what, in "A Mother's Work"?
(a) The single eye.
(b) The reformer.
(c) The water net.
(d) The burning bush.

4. What does "Maple Sugar Moon" translate to in the language of the author's people?
(a) Zizibaskwet Giizis.
(b) Puhpowee.
(c) Ode'mini-giizis.
(d) Wiingaashk.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the author's youngest daughter?

2. What is said to be a "radical proposition" in a consumer society in "Allegiance to Gratitude" (136)?

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. 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. 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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