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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are the light-absorbing pigments in the photosensors in Maple buds called?
(a) Hierochloe odorata.
(b) Phytochromes.
(c) Mycorrhizae.
(d) Juglandaceae.

3. What biologist called ecology "the subversive science" (259)?
(a) Paul Ehrlich.
(b) Bruce King.
(c) Paula Gunn Allen.
(d) Thomas Berry.

4. What kind of food did the author's pet ducks take to in the winter, according to her narrative in "A Mother's Work"?
(a) Pig food.
(b) Cat food.
(c) Dog food.
(d) Chicken food.

5. 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"?
(a) Amylase.
(b) Carya illinoensis.
(c) Eutrophication.
(d) Solidago canadensis.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What color bedroom was among the author's daughters' list of demands for a new home in "A Mother's Work"?

3. What is one of the names for the cattail in the Potawatomi language, meaning "we wrap the baby in it" (275)?

4. What were the three seeds in the corn leaf pouch that were given to the author in "The Three Sisters"?

5. What is the scientific name of the common plantain?

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