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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Laurie's finding show happened with harvested sweetgrass in her graduate thesis?
(a) Harvested sweetgrass does not flourish.
(b) Harvesting by snapping leaves harms production.
(c) Harvested sweetgrass thrives well.
(d) Harvesting by root-pulling destroys sweetgrass populations.

2. What is the Anishinaabe new year, or Maple Sugar Moon called, among the author's people?
(a) The Zizibaskwet Giizis.
(b) The Wiingaashk.
(c) The Ode'mini-giizis.
(d) The Nanabozho.

3. When does the author describe "a tsunami of disease" sweeping the Oregon coast in "Burning Cascade Head" (293)?
(a) The 1830s.
(b) The 1890s.
(c) The 1850s.
(d) The 1880s.

4. What grew from Skywoman's daughter's head when she was buried in the earth, according to the author in "Epiphany in the Beans"?
(a) Wild strawberries.
(b) Sweetgrass.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Onions.

5. Along what river does the author describe her grandfather collecting pecans in "The Council of Pecans"?
(a) The Niagara River.
(b) The Ottawa River.
(c) The Canadian River.
(d) The Arkansas River.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Sha-note renamed?

2. Where was the Carlisle Indian Industrial School located?

3. In what small village is Evon Peter a Chief in northeastern Alaska?

4. Who is the elder described that spoke of only carrying one bullet with him when he went deer hunting in "The Honorable Harvest"?

5. What does the author describe finding in the soil as she planted sweetgrass in "Putting Down Roots"?

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