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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from the Preface refers to a book containing a list of medicinal drugs with their effects and directions for use?
(a) Solidago canadensis.
(b) Hierochloe odorata.
(c) Pharmacopoeia.
(d) Juglandaceae.

2. Who wrote in an 1890 treatise that “the colors diametrically opposed to each other . . . are those which reciprocally evoke each other in the eye" (61)?
(a) Johann Goethe.
(b) Bruce King.
(c) Lewis Hyde.
(d) Jeh Johnson.

3. From whose perspective is "Witch Hazel" narrated?
(a) The author's.
(b) The author's daughter's.
(c) The author's niece's.
(d) Hazel's.

4. How does the author say trees communicate with each other in "The Council of Pecans"?
(a) Via ESP.
(b) Via pheromones.
(c) Via whispers.
(d) Via electrical pulses.

5. Tahawus is the Algonquin name for what mountain, according to the author in "An Offering"?
(a) Mount Shasta.
(b) Mount Rainier.
(c) Mount Marcy.
(d) Mount Brady.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long does the author say the commodity economy has been here on Turtle Island in "The Gift of Strawberries"?

2. The author states in "The Gift of Strawberries," "Gifts exist in a realm of" what (35)?

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

4. What is sweetgrass's favored habitat?

5. When is the time for storytelling, according to the author in "Skywoman Falling"?

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