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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 Hiawatha wampum belt the symbol of?
(a) The Winnemem-Wintu Confederacy.
(b) The Odawa Confederacy.
(c) The Haudenosunee Confederacy.
(d) The Yurok Confederacy.

2. What is the animate form of "to be," in the author's people's language?
(a) Yawe.
(b) Ode'mini-giizis.
(c) Puhpowee.
(d) Wiingaashk.

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

4. What did the author do for Hazel as a gift at Christmas in "Witch Hazel"?
(a) She planted a tree for Hazel in her yard.
(b) She hosted a part at Hazel's old house.
(c) She helped Hazel move into a hospice facility.
(d) She took Hazel on a trip to Canada.

5. What word from the Preface refers to a book containing a list of medicinal drugs with their effects and directions for use?
(a) Pharmacopoeia.
(b) Juglandaceae.
(c) Solidago canadensis.
(d) Hierochloe odorata.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say "A gift creates" in "The Gift of Strawberries" (38)?

2. Along what river does the author describe her grandfather collecting pecans in "The Council of Pecans"?

3. What is the name of the Strawberry Moon in the author's people's language?

4. What is the scientific name for goldenrod?

5. What is said to be the leader of the birds in the Onondaga address in "Allegiance to Gratitude"?

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