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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the address called that the children recite at the Onondaga school described by the author in "Allegiance to Gratitude"?
(a) The Earth Mother Salutation.
(b) The Gratitude Salute.
(c) The Thanksgiving Address.
(d) The Pledge of Allegiance.

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"?
(a) Awiakta.
(b) Paula Gunn Allen.
(c) Lewis Hyde.
(d) Thomas Berry.

3. When is the time for storytelling, according to the author in "Skywoman Falling"?
(a) Fall.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

4. What is the "boom and bust cycle" of nut trees called, according to the author in "The Council of Pecans" (23)?
(a) Mass fruiting.
(b) Post fruiting.
(c) Mast fruiting.
(d) Forage fruiting.

5. What is the scientific name for the yellow water-lily?
(a) Nuphar lutea.
(b) Carya illinoensis.
(c) Solidago canadensis.
(d) Amylase.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say the word for sweetgrass is in her people's language in the Preface?

2. Who is the author's graduate student that assisted her in investigating the decline of black ash trees in New York, according to the narrative in "Wisgaak Gokpenagen: A Black Ash Basket"?

3. What is left as a reciprocating gift when an ash tree is chosen to be cut down by the author's native people?

4. What is the name of the Strawberry Moon in the author's people's language?

5. In the teachings of the Onondaga people, leadership is rooted not in power and authority but in what?

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