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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author describe the frest, raw pole bean as tasting like in "Epiphany in the Beans"?
(a) June.
(b) July.
(c) September.
(d) August.

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) Beans.
(b) Coffee grounds.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Corn.

3. What does appreciation beget, according to the author in "Allegiance to Gratitude"?
(a) Order.
(b) Obsequience.
(c) Gratitude.
(d) Abundance.

4. What is the scientific name for sweetgrass?
(a) Pharmacopoeia.
(b) Hierochloe odorata.
(c) Mycorrhizae.
(d) Solidago canadensis.

5. How does the author say trees communicate with each other in "The Council of Pecans"?
(a) Via electrical pulses.
(b) Via whispers.
(c) Via pheromones.
(d) Via ESP.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the names for the cattail in the Potawatomi language, meaning "we wrap the baby in it" (275)?

2. In her metaphor for basket weaving in "Wisgaak Gokpenagen: A Black Ash Basket," the author says "we need to pay attention to the lessons of the three rows" (183). What does the first row represent?

3. Who taught Nanabozho to make an ax, according to the narrative in "In the Footsteps of Nanabozho: Becoming Indigenous to Place"?

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

5. What was the name of the author's grandfather?

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