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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 Great Instructions."
(b) "The Words of God."
(c) "The Original Instructions."
(d) "The Old Testament."

2. Who is the elder described that spoke of only carrying one bullet with him when he went deer hunting in "The Honorable Harvest"?
(a) Lewis.
(b) Awiakta.
(c) Oren.
(d) Bruce.

3. What was the name of the author's grandfather?
(a) Oren Lyons.
(b) Lewis Hyde.
(c) Asa Wall.
(d) Bruce King.

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

5. What does the author say she should call it when writers go walking the forests and fields looking for plants in "Asters and Goldenrod"?
(a) A musing.
(b) A metaphoray.
(c) An arboreal understanding.
(d) An arboreal gathering.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the animate form of "to be," in the author's people's language?

2. What is the Anishinaabe word for maple?

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

4. How does the author say trees communicate with each other in "The Council of Pecans"?

5. What does the author describe the frest, raw pole bean as tasting like in "Epiphany in the Beans"?

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