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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the scientific name of the black ash tree?
(a) Solidago canadensis.
(b) Nuphar lutea.
(c) Carya illinoensis.
(d) Fraxinus nigra.

2. What is said to be a "radical proposition" in a consumer society in "Allegiance to Gratitude" (136)?
(a) Gratitude.
(b) Detachment.
(c) Gift-giving.
(d) Contentment.

3. What direction does a doorway always face in indigenous homes, according to the author in "Sitting in a Circle"?
(a) West.
(b) South.
(c) East.
(d) North.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "Hydrodictyon" is said to be Latin for what, in "A Mother's Work"?

2. What does the author describe finding in the soil as she planted sweetgrass in "Putting Down Roots"?

3. According to the author in "Burning Cascade Head," when Salmon first arrived at the river, he was greeted on the shore by whom?

4. Among "The Three Sisters," who is the firstborn?

5. What is one of the names for the cattail in the Potawatomi language, meaning "we wrap the baby in it" (275)?

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