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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the scientific name for sweetgrass?
(a) Solidago canadensis.
(b) Pharmacopoeia.
(c) Mycorrhizae.
(d) Hierochloe odorata.

2. How many times does the author say her ancestors were "removed" in the span of a single generation in "The Council of Pecans" (21)?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 9.

3. In the teachings of the Onondaga people, leadership is rooted not in power and authority but in what?
(a) Service and wisdom.
(b) Gratitude.
(c) Instinct and trust.
(d) Submission and meekness.

4. What is the device called that one hammers into a Maple tree in order to tap it?
(a) Sloke.
(b) Stake.
(c) Spile.
(d) Spike.

5. What percentage of the atmosphere is nitrogen gas?
(a) 56%.
(b) 89%.
(c) 45%.
(d) 78%.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the message taught by the Pecan Council in "The Council of Pecans"?

2. How many growth rings does John Pigeon prefer for a black ash tree for basket making?

3. In her metaphor for basket weaving in "Wisgaak Gokpenagen: A Black Ash Basket," the author says "we need to pay attention to the lessons of the three rows" (183). What does the first row represent?

4. What is Lionel's profession, as detailed in "The Honorable Harvest"?

5. What are the light-absorbing pigments in the photosensors in Maple buds called?

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