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

2. What kind of bird's nest did the author find in the willows around her pond in "A Mother's Work"?
(a) Yellow warbler.
(b) Raven.
(c) Sparrow.
(d) Barn swallow.

3. What does appreciation beget, according to the author in "Allegiance to Gratitude"?
(a) Order.
(b) Obsequience.
(c) Abundance.
(d) Gratitude.

4. Who among the creatures dove first into the watery depths to seek out mud, according to the author in "Skywoman Falling"?
(a) Loon.
(b) Beaver.
(c) Seal.
(d) Heron.

5. In what small village is Evon Peter a Chief in northeastern Alaska?
(a) Sitka.
(b) Arctic Village.
(c) Homer.
(d) Wasilla.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Sha-note renamed?

2. Who are the Keepers of Water among the Potawatomi people?

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

4. Tahawus is the Algonquin name for what mountain, according to the author in "An Offering"?

5. What refers to "the natural process of nutrient enrichment that comes with age," and what happened to the author's pond in "A Mother's Work"?

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