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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) Juglandaceae.
(b) Pharmacopoeia.
(c) Carya illinoensis.
(d) Hierochloe odorata.

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

3. Who is described as "our oldest Grandmother" in the Onondaga address?
(a) The Moon.
(b) The Sun.
(c) The Stars.
(d) The Earth.

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

5. Who is described in "Maple Sugar Moon" as "the Anishinaabe Original Man" (79)?
(a) Nanabozho.
(b) Yawe.
(c) Wiingaashk.
(d) Puhpowee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author describe in "The Council of Pecans" as "fungal strands that inhabit tree roots" (30)?

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

3. What does "Maple Sugar Moon" translate to in the language of the author's people?

4. What color bedroom was among the author's daughters' list of demands for a new home in "A Mother's Work"?

5. What is the address called that the children recite at the Onondaga school described by the author in "Allegiance to Gratitude"?

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