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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is described in "Maple Sugar Moon" as "the Anishinaabe Original Man" (79)?
(a) Yawe.
(b) Nanabozho.
(c) Wiingaashk.
(d) Puhpowee.

3. What do the author and her neighbors call the one gas station in her community, according to the narrative in "Maple Nation: A Citizenship Guide"?
(a) The Pompey Mall.
(b) The DC Store.
(c) The Hilltop 66.
(d) The Bazaar.

4. "Hydrodictyon" is said to be Latin for what, in "A Mother's Work"?
(a) The burning bush.
(b) The reformer.
(c) The single eye.
(d) The water net.

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

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 kind of bird's nest did the author find in the willows around her pond in "A Mother's Work"?

3. How many growth rings does John Pigeon prefer for a black ash tree for basket making?

4. The author states in "Epiphany in the Beans," "In a garden, food arises from" what (151)?

5. What did Laurie's finding show happened with harvested sweetgrass in her graduate thesis?

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