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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was Sha-note renamed?
(a) Charlotte.
(b) Carol.
(c) Sharon.
(d) Carlotta.

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

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

6. What word from the Preface refers to a book containing a list of medicinal drugs with their effects and directions for use?
(a) Pharmacopoeia.
(b) Solidago canadensis.
(c) Juglandaceae.
(d) Hierochloe odorata.

7. What does the author say she should call it when writers go walking the forests and fields looking for plants in "Asters and Goldenrod"?
(a) An arboreal gathering.
(b) A musing.
(c) An arboreal understanding.
(d) A metaphoray.

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

9. Who is described in "Maple Sugar Moon" as "the Anishinaabe Original Man" (79)?
(a) Yawe.
(b) Wiingaashk.
(c) Puhpowee.
(d) Nanabozho.

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

11. What is the message taught by the Pecan Council in "The Council of Pecans"?
(a) There is strength in solitude.
(b) The Windigo is all-powerful.
(c) War is sometimes necessary.
(d) There is strength in unity.

12. From whose perspective is "Witch Hazel" narrated?
(a) Hazel's.
(b) The author's niece's.
(c) The author's.
(d) The author's daughter's.

13. What American elm does the author describe having been named the champion for its species in "Asters and Goldenrod"?
(a) The Louis Vieux Elm.
(b) The Wethersfield Elm.
(c) The Parliament Hill Elm.
(d) The Glencorradale Elm.

14. What is the scientific family that comprises butternuts, black walnuts, hickories, and pecans?
(a) Hierochloe odorata.
(b) Carya illinoensis.
(c) Juglandaceae.
(d) Pharmacopoeia.

15. What refers to "the natural process of nutrient enrichment that comes with age," and what happened to the author's pond in "A Mother's Work"?
(a) Carya illinoensis.
(b) Amylase.
(c) Solidago canadensis.
(d) Eutrophication.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who painted Moment in Flight?

2. What is the scientific name for the yellow water-lily?

3. "Hydrodictyon" is said to be Latin for what, in "A Mother's Work"?

4. What is said to be the leader of the birds in the Onondaga address in "Allegiance to Gratitude"?

5. What is the device called that one hammers into a Maple tree in order to tap it?

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