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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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"?
(a) Solidago canadensis.
(b) Carya illinoensis.
(c) Eutrophication.
(d) Amylase.

2. What color bedroom was among the author's daughters' list of demands for a new home in "A Mother's Work"?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) Pink.
(d) Purple.

3. What does the author say she should call it when writers go walking the forests and fields looking for plants in "Asters and Goldenrod"?
(a) A metaphoray.
(b) An arboreal gathering.
(c) An arboreal understanding.
(d) A musing.

4. According to the author in "Skywoman Falling," sweetgrass is one of how many sacred plants of her people?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 9.
(d) 10.

5. What is the name of the author's youngest daughter?
(a) Larkin.
(b) Linden.
(c) Flint.
(d) Ashley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ecotheologian wrote, "We must say of the universe that it is a communion of subjects, not a collection of objects" (74)?

2. What did the author do for Hazel as a gift at Christmas in "Witch Hazel"?

3. Who is described in "Maple Sugar Moon" as "the Anishinaabe Original Man" (79)?

4. What does the author say "A gift creates" in "The Gift of Strawberries" (38)?

5. What does the true name Tahawus mean among the Potawatomi people?

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