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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. "Hydrodictyon" is said to be Latin for what, in "A Mother's Work"?
(a) The reformer.
(b) The single eye.
(c) The burning bush.
(d) The water net.

3. What is the scientific name for the white spruce tree?
(a) Picea Glauca.
(b) Zhawanong.
(c) Hierochloe odorata.
(d) Juglandaceae.

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

5. What biologist called ecology "the subversive science" (259)?
(a) Paul Ehrlich.
(b) Thomas Berry.
(c) Bruce King.
(d) Paula Gunn Allen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are the flowers of the witch hazel plant?

2. What is the name of the process in a bean shoot in which the vine inscribes a circle in the air?

3. Who is described as the late bloomer of the family in "The Three Sisters"?

4. What percentage of the atmosphere is nitrogen gas?

5. What was Sha-note renamed?

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