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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the light-absorbing pigments in the photosensors in Maple buds called?
(a) Juglandaceae.
(b) Hierochloe odorata.
(c) Mycorrhizae.
(d) Phytochromes.

2. What does the author say "A gift creates" in "The Gift of Strawberries" (38)?
(a) "A solution to problems."
(b) "Bitterness."
(c) "Ongoing relationship."
(d) "Eternal indebtedness."

3. What were the names of Skywoman's daughter's twins, whom she gave birth to before dying, according to the author in "The Gift of Strawberries"?
(a) Flint and Sapling.
(b) Rose and Daisy.
(c) Heron and Flax.
(d) Swallow and Thrush.

4. What does the author say the word for sweetgrass is in her people's language in the Preface?
(a) Puhpowee.
(b) Wiingaashk.
(c) Ode'mini-giizis.
(d) Yawe.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On how many acres did the home sit that the author fell in love with in upstate New York in "A Mother's Work"?

2. Who wrote the book Grandmothers of the Light?

3. According to the author in "A Mother's Work," Onondaga Lake has a reputation for being one of the most what lakes in the country?

4. Who is described as "our oldest Grandmother" in the Onondaga address?

5. Who among the creatures dove first into the watery depths to seek out mud, according to the author in "Skywoman Falling"?

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