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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the Cherokee writer that pressed a corn leaf pouch into the author's hand years ago, according to the narrative in "The Three Sisters"?
(a) Awiakta.
(b) Thomas Berry.
(c) Lewis Hyde.
(d) Paula Gunn Allen.

2. What is described in maple trees as "the enzyme responsible for cleaving large molecules of starch stored in the roots into small molecules of sugar" (85)?
(a) Amylase.
(b) Mycorrhizae.
(c) Juglandaceae.
(d) Phytochromes.

3. Who stated that “objects . . . will remain plentiful because they are treated as gifts" (43)?
(a) Lewis Hyde.
(b) Johann Goethe.
(c) Bruce King.
(d) Thomas Berry.

4. 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) 9.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

5. What is the scientific name of the belted kingfisher?
(a) Carya illinoensis.
(b) Solidago canadensis.
(c) Hierochloe odorata.
(d) Megaceryle alcyon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is left as a reciprocating gift when an ash tree is chosen to be cut down by the author's native people?

2. 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)?

3. Where does the author describe going to an agate beach with her daughter Linden in "The Consolation of Water Lilies"?

4. What is the scientific name of the cattail plant?

5. Who was the great teacher of Anishinaabe lore that over-fished a lake, according to the story related by the author in "The Honorable Harvest"?

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