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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states in "Skywoman Falling," "The Skywoman story, shared by the original peoples throughout the Great Lakes, is a constant star in the constellation of teachings we call" what (16)?
(a) "The Great Instructions."
(b) "The Words of God."
(c) "The Original Instructions."
(d) "The Old Testament."

2. What is the word used to mean South in the author's native language?
(a) Puhpowee.
(b) Zhawanong.
(c) Wabunong.
(d) Makaks.

3. 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) Thomas Berry.
(b) Awiakta.
(c) Paula Gunn Allen.
(d) Lewis Hyde.

4. Upon what creature's back did the woman spread the mud in "Skywoman Falling"?
(a) Turtle's.
(b) Giraffe's.
(c) Elephant's.
(d) Clam's.

5. What is the scientific name for the white spruce tree?
(a) Picea Glauca.
(b) Juglandaceae.
(c) Hierochloe odorata.
(d) Zhawanong.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in "Burning Cascade Head," when Salmon first arrived at the river, he was greeted on the shore by whom?

2. What direction does a doorway always face in indigenous homes, according to the author in "Sitting in a Circle"?

3. What ecotheologian wrote, "We must say of the universe that it is a communion of subjects, not a collection of objects" (74)?

4. Who is described in "Maple Sugar Moon" as "the Anishinaabe Original Man" (79)?

5. From where was the emerald ash borer introduced?

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