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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states in "Skywoman Falling," "The Skywoman story, shared by the original peoples throughout the Great Lakes, is a constant star in the constellation of teachings we call" what (16)?
(a) "The Original Instructions."
(b) "The Old Testament."
(c) "The Great Instructions."
(d) "The Words of God."

2. Scientists have discovered an enzyme in the saliva of what animal that stimulates grass growth?
(a) Cows.
(b) Deer.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Buffalo.

3. What grew from Skywoman's daughter's belly after she was buried in the earth?
(a) Corn.
(b) Squash.
(c) Beans.
(d) Onions.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What grew from the heart of Skywoman's daughter, according to the author in "Epiphany in the Beans"?

2. Who is described in "Maple Sugar Moon" as "the Anishinaabe Original Man" (79)?

3. Who is the Onondaga Faithkeeper who told the author, "Of course you should write about it. It’s supposed to be shared, otherwise how can it work? We’ve been waiting five hundred years for people to listen. If they’d understood the Thanksgiving then, we wouldn’t be in this mess" (142)?

4. When does the author describe "a tsunami of disease" sweeping the Oregon coast in "Burning Cascade Head" (293)?

5. The narrator of "Witch Hazel" says that she first met Hazel Barnett when she was walking the fields where?

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