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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 said to be the leader of the birds in the Onondaga address in "Allegiance to Gratitude"?
(a) The raven.
(b) The hawk.
(c) The eagle.
(d) The chickadee.

2. What is left as a reciprocating gift when an ash tree is chosen to be cut down by the author's native people?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Coffee grounds.
(c) Beans.
(d) Corn.

3. Who is described as the late bloomer of the family in "The Three Sisters"?
(a) Corn.
(b) Onions.
(c) Beans.
(d) Squash.

4. Who "writes that until we can grieve for our planet we cannot love it—grieving is a sign of spiritual health" (389)?
(a) Lewis Hyde.
(b) Joanna Macy.
(c) Bruce King.
(d) Oren Lyons.

5. According to the beliefs of the author's people, what does East represent?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Community.
(c) Love.
(d) Sorrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described as "our oldest Grandmother" in the Onondaga address?

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

3. What naturalist wrote, "There can be no purpose more inspiring than to begin the age of restoration, reweaving the wondrous diversity of life that still surrounds us" (403)?

4. In the teachings of the Onondaga people, leadership is rooted not in power and authority but in what?

5. What color bedroom was among the author's daughters' list of demands for a new home in "A Mother's Work"?

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