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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the author and her neighbors call the one gas station in her community, according to the narrative in "Maple Nation: A Citizenship Guide"?
(a) The Bazaar.
(b) The Pompey Mall.
(c) The Hilltop 66.
(d) The DC Store.

2. According to the beliefs of the author's people, what does East represent?
(a) Love.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Community.
(d) Sorrow.

3. What is the "fragile layer of cells that lies between the bark and the newest wood" on a tree called (172)?
(a) The cambium.
(b) The rhizoibum.
(c) The milium.
(d) The hilum.

4. What is one of the names for the cattail in the Potawatomi language, meaning "we wrap the baby in it" (275)?
(a) Zizibaskwet Giizis.
(b) Bewiieskwinuk.
(c) Hierochloe odorata.
(d) Zhawanong.

5. According to the author in "Burning Cascade Head," when Salmon first arrived at the river, he was greeted on the shore by whom?
(a) The Three Sisters.
(b) The Fire Master.
(c) Skunk Cabbage.
(d) Wiingaashk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name the author's people use to refer to common plantain plants?

2. What kind of food did the author's pet ducks take to in the winter, according to her narrative in "A Mother's Work"?

3. Who is the author's graduate student that assisted her in investigating the decline of black ash trees in New York, according to the narrative in "Wisgaak Gokpenagen: A Black Ash Basket"?

4. Who is described as the late bloomer of the family in "The Three Sisters"?

5. From whose perspective is "Witch Hazel" narrated?

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