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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the three seeds in the corn leaf pouch that were given to the author in "The Three Sisters"?
(a) Tobacco, chives, and beans.
(b) Corn, beans, and squash.
(c) Beans, squash, and onions.
(d) Sweetgrass, potatoes, and corn.

2. What word from the author's people means "the force which causes mushrooms to push up from the earth overnight" (65)?
(a) Wiingaashk.
(b) Puhpowee.
(c) Ode'mini-giizis.
(d) Yawe.

3. Who was Hazel's husband?
(a) Rowley.
(b) James.
(c) Robert.
(d) Andrew.

4. What grew from the breasts of Skywoman's daughter, according to the author in "Epiphany in the Beans"?
(a) Beans.
(b) Squash.
(c) Corn.
(d) Sweetgrass.

5. What does "Sha-note" mean in the author's people's language (21)?
(a) Wind blowing through.
(b) River in a gorge.
(c) Trees falling from fire.
(d) Cliff overhanging the ocean.

Short Answer Questions

1. What American elm does the author describe having been named the champion for its species in "Asters and Goldenrod"?

2. 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"?

3. What is the device called that one hammers into a Maple tree in order to tap it?

4. 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"?

5. What is the "fragile layer of cells that lies between the bark and the newest wood" on a tree called (172)?

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