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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 sweetgrass's favored habitat?
(a) Sunny, well-watered meadows.
(b) Dry, shady forests.
(c) Craggy, rocky mountains with low sunshine.
(d) Lava rock beds and high desert plains.

2. What is said to be a "radical proposition" in a consumer society in "Allegiance to Gratitude" (136)?
(a) Gratitude.
(b) Contentment.
(c) Detachment.
(d) Gift-giving.

3. What is the Anishinaabe word for maple?
(a) Ode'mini-giizis.
(b) Yawe.
(c) Anenemik.
(d) Wiingaashk.

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

5. How many pounds of mercury are estimated to have been discharged into Onondaga Lake between 1946 and 1970?
(a) 153,000.
(b) 165,000.
(c) 67,000.
(d) 234,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Scientists have discovered an enzyme in the saliva of what animal that stimulates grass growth?

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

3. What are the light-absorbing pigments in the photosensors in Maple buds called?

4. Among "The Three Sisters," who is the firstborn?

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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