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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 name of the Strawberry Moon in the author's people's language?
(a) Ode'mini-giizis.
(b) Puhpowee.
(c) Wiingaashk.
(d) Yawe.

2. What color hair is the Windigo said to have in "Windigo Footprints"?
(a) Red.
(b) Green.
(c) White.
(d) Black.

3. The author describes a lichen in "Umbilicaria: The Belly Button of the World" as being not one being but two. What are these beings?
(a) A fungus and a plant.
(b) A fungus and an alga.
(c) A plant and an alga.
(d) A plant and an animal.

4. In the teachings of the Onondaga people, leadership is rooted not in power and authority but in what?
(a) Service and wisdom.
(b) Submission and meekness.
(c) Instinct and trust.
(d) Gratitude.

5. 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) Beans, squash, and onions.
(c) Sweetgrass, potatoes, and corn.
(d) Tobacco, chives, and beans.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the beliefs of the author's people, what does East represent?

2. The author states in "Epiphany in the Beans," "In a garden, food arises from" what (151)?

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

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

5. What is referred to as the "bellybutton" of bean pods in "The Three Sisters" (164)?

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