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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 thrives well.
(b) Harvested sweetgrass does not flourish.
(c) Harvesting by root-pulling destroys sweetgrass populations.
(d) Harvesting by snapping leaves harms production.

2. Where did the author go kayaking after seeing off her youngest daughter to college in "The Consolation of Water Lilies"?
(a) Williams Pond.
(b) Lewiston Pond.
(c) Kacamo Pond.
(d) Labrador Pond.

3. Who is described as "our oldest Grandmother" in the Onondaga address?
(a) The Earth.
(b) The Sun.
(c) The Moon.
(d) The Stars.

4. The word "ecology" is derived from what Greek word?
(a) Galaxy.
(b) Oikos.
(c) Dinosaur.
(d) Kroikos.

5. What were the birch bark boxes that the author's ancestors carried sugar made from sap in called?
(a) Ode'mini-giizis.
(b) Puhpowee.
(c) Wiingaashk.
(d) Makaks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote The Mishomis Book?

2. Beginning in what year did the U.S. Forest Service and partner organizations led by Oregon State University initiate a restoration project for the estuary at the Salmon River in Oregon?

3. What is the name of the Strawberry Moon in the author's people's language?

4. What is the device called that one hammers into a Maple tree in order to tap it?

5. What does the author describe the granite as in the Adirondack landscape in "Umbilicaria: The Belly Button of the World"?

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