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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Sha-note renamed?
(a) Carol.
(b) Charlotte.
(c) Carlotta.
(d) Sharon.

2. What is the scientific name of the black ash tree?
(a) Solidago canadensis.
(b) Carya illinoensis.
(c) Fraxinus nigra.
(d) Nuphar lutea.

3. What kind of bird's nest did the author find in the willows around her pond in "A Mother's Work"?
(a) Barn swallow.
(b) Raven.
(c) Sparrow.
(d) Yellow warbler.

4. What was the name of the child that Laurie gave birth to while doing her graduate research project on sweetgrass?
(a) Celia.
(b) Hazel.
(c) Lilith.
(d) Sarah.

5. What does the true name Tahawus mean among the Potawatomi people?
(a) Gentle slope.
(b) Large eruption.
(c) Cloud Splitter.
(d) Flaming lava.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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)?

3. What does appreciation beget, according to the author in "Allegiance to Gratitude"?

4. What does "Sha-note" mean in the author's people's language (21)?

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

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