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) Mycorrhizae.
(b) Amylase.
(c) Phytochromes.
(d) Juglandaceae.

3. What refers to "the natural process of nutrient enrichment that comes with age," and what happened to the author's pond in "A Mother's Work"?
(a) Amylase.
(b) Solidago canadensis.
(c) Carya illinoensis.
(d) Eutrophication.

4. What word from the author's people means "the force which causes mushrooms to push up from the earth overnight" (65)?
(a) Yawe.
(b) Ode'mini-giizis.
(c) Puhpowee.
(d) Wiingaashk.

5. In her metaphor for basket weaving in "Wisgaak Gokpenagen: A Black Ash Basket," the author says "we need to pay attention to the lessons of the three rows" (183). What does the first row represent?
(a) Community.
(b) Material welfare.
(c) Science.
(d) Ecological well-being.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the author's metaphor for the Three Sisters as an emerging relationship between Western science and indigenous knowledge, the bean signifies what?

2. What is the author's people's word for cedar?

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

4. What word from the Preface refers to a book containing a list of medicinal drugs with their effects and directions for use?

5. What is said to be the leader of the birds in the Onondaga address in "Allegiance to Gratitude"?

(see the answer key)

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