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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Hazel's husband?
(a) Robert.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Rowley.
(d) James.

2. What color bedroom was among the author's daughters' list of demands for a new home in "A Mother's Work"?
(a) Pink.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Purple.

3. The author states in "Skywoman Falling" that when her people braid sweetgrass, they are braiding what?
(a) The hair of Mother Earth.
(b) The hair of Father Earth.
(c) Love, hope, and charity.
(d) The whiskers of the Lion.

4. Who is described as "our oldest Grandmother" in the Onondaga address?
(a) The Moon.
(b) The Sun.
(c) The Earth.
(d) The Stars.

5. What does "Sha-note" mean in the author's people's language (21)?
(a) Trees falling from fire.
(b) Cliff overhanging the ocean.
(c) Wind blowing through.
(d) River in a gorge.

6. What are the light-absorbing pigments in the photosensors in Maple buds called?
(a) Juglandaceae.
(b) Phytochromes.
(c) Hierochloe odorata.
(d) Mycorrhizae.

7. Along what river does the author describe her grandfather collecting pecans in "The Council of Pecans"?
(a) The Canadian River.
(b) The Ottawa River.
(c) The Arkansas River.
(d) The Niagara River.

8. The author states in "The Gift of Strawberries," "Gifts exist in a realm of" what (35)?
(a) "Humility and mystery."
(b) "Love."
(c) "Forgiveness and negotiation."
(d) "Happiness."

9. What does the author say the word for sweetgrass is in her people's language in the Preface?
(a) Ode'mini-giizis.
(b) Wiingaashk.
(c) Puhpowee.
(d) Yawe.

10. What does the author say "A gift creates" in "The Gift of Strawberries" (38)?
(a) "Eternal indebtedness."
(b) "Bitterness."
(c) "A solution to problems."
(d) "Ongoing relationship."

11. Where did the author go kayaking after seeing off her youngest daughter to college in "The Consolation of Water Lilies"?
(a) Labrador Pond.
(b) Williams Pond.
(c) Kacamo Pond.
(d) Lewiston Pond.

12. In what year does the author describe her grandfather gathering pecans in "The Council of Pecans"?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1818.
(d) 1798.

13. What gathering in Oklahoma does the author describe as "an antidote to the divide-and-conquer strategy that was used to separate our people from each other and from our homelands" (31)?
(a) The Potawatomi Gathering of Nations.
(b) The Morongo Thunder and Lightning Pow Wow.
(c) The Hunting Moon Pow Wow.
(d) The Coushatta Gathering of Nations.

14. Who painted Moment in Flight?
(a) Lewis Hyde.
(b) John Singer Sargent.
(c) Thomas Berry.
(d) Bruce King.

15. What word from the author's people means "the force which causes mushrooms to push up from the earth overnight" (65)?
(a) Puhpowee.
(b) Yawe.
(c) Wiingaashk.
(d) Ode'mini-giizis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the true name Tahawus mean among the Potawatomi people?

2. On how many acres did the home sit that the author fell in love with in upstate New York in "A Mother's Work"?

3. What does "Maple Sugar Moon" translate to in the language of the author's people?

4. For how long does the author say the commodity economy has been here on Turtle Island in "The Gift of Strawberries"?

5. When is the time for storytelling, according to the author in "Skywoman Falling"?

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