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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 the Mohawk call themselves, meaning "People of the Flint" (304)?
(a) Zhawanong.
(b) Zizibaskwet Giizis.
(c) Kanienkeha.
(d) Wabunong.

2. According to the author in "A Mother's Work," Onondaga Lake has a reputation for being one of the most what lakes in the country?
(a) Pristine.
(b) Fish-filled.
(c) Polluted.
(d) Algae-ridden.

3. From whose perspective is "Witch Hazel" narrated?
(a) Hazel's.
(b) The author's niece's.
(c) The author's.
(d) The author's daughter's.

4. What is the Anishinaabe word for maple?
(a) Yawe.
(b) Ode'mini-giizis.
(c) Wiingaashk.
(d) Anenemik.

5. What adjective refers to the instance when an organism's water content changes with the moisture in the surrounding environment?
(a) Rhizoibum.
(b) Juglandaceae.
(c) Poikilohydric.
(d) Pharmacopoeia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is sweetgrass called in the Mohawk language?

2. 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"?

3. Who stated that “objects . . . will remain plentiful because they are treated as gifts" (43)?

4. In what type of environment do black ash trees thrive?

5. What term refers to fields with many species of plants?

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