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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What grew from Skywoman's daughter's belly after she was buried in the earth?
(a) Onions.
(b) Beans.
(c) Corn.
(d) Squash.

2. What did the Mohawk call themselves, meaning "People of the Flint" (304)?
(a) Zizibaskwet Giizis.
(b) Wabunong.
(c) Kanienkeha.
(d) Zhawanong.

3. What does the author describe in "The Council of Pecans" as "fungal strands that inhabit tree roots" (30)?
(a) Mycorrhizae.
(b) Pharmacopoeia.
(c) Carya illinoensis.
(d) Juglandaceae.

4. What kind of bird's nest did the author find in the willows around her pond in "A Mother's Work"?
(a) Barn swallow.
(b) Yellow warbler.
(c) Raven.
(d) Sparrow.

5. What does "Maple Sugar Moon" translate to in the language of the author's people?
(a) Ode'mini-giizis.
(b) Zizibaskwet Giizis.
(c) Puhpowee.
(d) Wiingaashk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Swedish botanist does the author reference in "In the Footsteps of Nanabozho: Becoming Indigenous to Place"?

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

3. The author states in "Skywoman Falling" that when her people braid sweetgrass, they are braiding what?

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

5. Beginning in what year did the U.S. Forest Service and partner organizations led by Oregon State University initiate a restoration project for the estuary at the Salmon River in Oregon?

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