1. What is the scientific family that comprises butternuts, black walnuts, hickories, and pecans?
(a) Carya illinoensis.
(b) Hierochloe odorata.
(c) Juglandaceae.
(d) Pharmacopoeia.

2. Who is the Onondaga Faithkeeper who told the author, "Of course you should write about it. It’s supposed to be shared, otherwise how can it work? We’ve been waiting five hundred years for people to listen. If they’d understood the Thanksgiving then, we wouldn’t be in this mess" (142)?
(a) Thomas Berry.
(b) Oren Lyons.
(c) Bruce King.
(d) Lewis Hyde.

3. How many times does the author say her ancestors were "removed" in the span of a single generation in "The Council of Pecans" (21)?
(a) 3.
(b) 9.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

4. What is the scientific name for the yellow water-lily?
(a) Solidago canadensis.
(b) Nuphar lutea.
(c) Carya illinoensis.
(d) Amylase.

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

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. What is the message taught by the Pecan Council in "The Council of Pecans"?

3. What color are the flowers of the witch hazel plant?

4. What is the "boom and bust cycle" of nut trees called, according to the author in "The Council of Pecans" (23)?

5. Where does the author describe going to an agate beach with her daughter Linden in "The Consolation of Water Lilies"?

(see the answer key)

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