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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who painted Moment in Flight?
(a) Lewis Hyde.
(b) Thomas Berry.
(c) John Singer Sargent.
(d) Bruce King.

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"?
(a) Dog food.
(b) Chicken food.
(c) Cat food.
(d) Pig food.

4. What is said to be a "radical proposition" in a consumer society in "Allegiance to Gratitude" (136)?
(a) Gift-giving.
(b) Detachment.
(c) Gratitude.
(d) Contentment.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the Preface refers to a book containing a list of medicinal drugs with their effects and directions for use?

2. 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)?

3. What was Sha-note renamed?

4. Upon what creature's back did the woman spread the mud in "Skywoman Falling"?

5. What does the author describe in "The Council of Pecans" as "fungal strands that inhabit tree roots" (30)?

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