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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the light-absorbing pigments in the photosensors in Maple buds called?
(a) Hierochloe odorata.
(b) Mycorrhizae.
(c) Phytochromes.
(d) Juglandaceae.

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

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

4. What American elm does the author describe having been named the champion for its species in "Asters and Goldenrod"?
(a) The Wethersfield Elm.
(b) The Parliament Hill Elm.
(c) The Louis Vieux Elm.
(d) The Glencorradale Elm.

5. Where did the author grow up?
(a) Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Northern California.
(d) Upstate New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Anishinaabe word for maple?

2. Tahawus is the Algonquin name for what mountain, according to the author in "An Offering"?

3. What was the name of the child that Laurie gave birth to while doing her graduate research project on sweetgrass?

4. What kind of food did the author's pet ducks take to in the winter, according to her narrative in "A Mother's Work"?

5. Who was the Cherokee writer that pressed a corn leaf pouch into the author's hand years ago, according to the narrative in "The Three Sisters"?

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