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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the federal court hand down its ruling on the Onondaga Nation's suit regarding restitution and land rights?
(a) 2015.
(b) 2010.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1999.

2. What is the scientific family that comprises butternuts, black walnuts, hickories, and pecans?
(a) Pharmacopoeia.
(b) Hierochloe odorata.
(c) Juglandaceae.
(d) Carya illinoensis.

3. How does the author say trees communicate with each other in "The Council of Pecans"?
(a) Via pheromones.
(b) Via ESP.
(c) Via electrical pulses.
(d) Via whispers.

4. To whom is the following quote attributed in "Burning Cascade Head"? "“The dance of renewal, the dance that made the world, was always danced here at the edge of things, on the brink, on the foggy coast" (288).
(a) Bruce King.
(b) Paula Gunn Allen.
(c) Lewis Hyde.
(d) Ursula K. Le Guin.

5. What were the three seeds in the corn leaf pouch that were given to the author in "The Three Sisters"?
(a) Tobacco, chives, and beans.
(b) Corn, beans, and squash.
(c) Sweetgrass, potatoes, and corn.
(d) Beans, squash, and onions.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What percentage of the atmosphere is nitrogen gas?

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

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

5. What is sweetgrass called in the Mohawk language?

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