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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 name for sweetgrass?
(a) Mycorrhizae.
(b) Hierochloe odorata.
(c) Solidago canadensis.
(d) Pharmacopoeia.

2. The author states in "The Gift of Strawberries," "Gifts exist in a realm of" what (35)?
(a) "Humility and mystery."
(b) "Love."
(c) "Happiness."
(d) "Forgiveness and negotiation."

3. After how many years does the author say her pond is now nearly swimmable in "A Mother's Work"?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

4. What is described in maple trees as "the enzyme responsible for cleaving large molecules of starch stored in the roots into small molecules of sugar" (85)?
(a) Phytochromes.
(b) Mycorrhizae.
(c) Amylase.
(d) Juglandaceae.

5. The narrator of "Witch Hazel" says that she first met Hazel Barnett when she was walking the fields where?
(a) Washington.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Nevada.
(d) Tennessee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the animate form of "to be," in the author's people's language?

2. 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"?

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

4. 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?

5. What does appreciation beget, according to the author in "Allegiance to Gratitude"?

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