1. What is the address called that the children recite at the Onondaga school described by the author in "Allegiance to Gratitude"?
(a) The Earth Mother Salutation.
(b) The Thanksgiving Address.
(c) The Pledge of Allegiance.
(d) The Gratitude Salute.

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

3. In what grade was the author's daughter when she stopped standing for the Pledge of Allegiance?
(a) Second.
(b) Eleventh.
(c) Third.
(d) Sixth.

4. What is the device called that one hammers into a Maple tree in order to tap it?
(a) Spile.
(b) Spike.
(c) Sloke.
(d) Stake.

5. What is sweetgrass's favored habitat?
(a) Sunny, well-watered meadows.
(b) Craggy, rocky mountains with low sunshine.
(c) Lava rock beds and high desert plains.
(d) Dry, shady forests.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. How does the author say trees communicate with each other in "The Council of Pecans"?

3. What kind of food did the author's pet ducks take to in the winter, according to her narrative in "A Mother's Work"?

4. Where did the author live while in graduate school?

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

(see the answer key)

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