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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states in "The Gift of Strawberries," "Gifts exist in a realm of" what (35)?
(a) "Humility and mystery."
(b) "Happiness."
(c) "Love."
(d) "Forgiveness and negotiation."

2. Who wrote the book Grandmothers of the Light?
(a) Bruce King.
(b) Thomas Berry.
(c) Paula Gunn Allen.
(d) Johann Goethe.

3. The author states in "Epiphany in the Beans," "In a garden, food arises from" what (151)?
(a) Greed.
(b) Dedication.
(c) Partnership.
(d) Desire.

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

5. Who stated that “objects . . . will remain plentiful because they are treated as gifts" (43)?
(a) Thomas Berry.
(b) Johann Goethe.
(c) Bruce King.
(d) Lewis Hyde.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the animate form of "to be," in the author's people's language?

2. Where did the author go kayaking after seeing off her youngest daughter to college in "The Consolation of Water Lilies"?

3. In the author's metaphor for the Three Sisters as an emerging relationship between Western science and indigenous knowledge, the corn signifies what?

4. What word from the Preface refers to a book containing a list of medicinal drugs with their effects and directions for use?

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

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