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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. After how many years does the author say her pond is now nearly swimmable in "A Mother's Work"?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

4. For how long does the author say the commodity economy has been here on Turtle Island in "The Gift of Strawberries"?
(a) 200 years.
(b) 400 years.
(c) 100 years.
(d) 600 years.

5. Who stated that “objects . . . will remain plentiful because they are treated as gifts" (43)?
(a) Bruce King.
(b) Lewis Hyde.
(c) Johann Goethe.
(d) Thomas Berry.

6. 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 Coushatta Gathering of Nations.
(b) The Hunting Moon Pow Wow.
(c) The Morongo Thunder and Lightning Pow Wow.
(d) The Potawatomi Gathering of Nations.

7. What is the scientific name for goldenrod?
(a) Hierochloe odorata.
(b) Solidago canadensis.
(c) Juglandaceae.
(d) Carya illinoensis.

8. Who is the Onondaga Faithkeeper who told the author, "Of course you should write about it. It’s supposed to be shared, otherwise how can it work? We’ve been waiting five hundred years for people to listen. If they’d understood the Thanksgiving then, we wouldn’t be in this mess" (142)?
(a) Lewis Hyde.
(b) Oren Lyons.
(c) Bruce King.
(d) Thomas Berry.

9. From where were the author's ancestors first removed from their land, according to the narrative in "The Council of Pecans"?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) Oregon.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) Caifornia.

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

11. Who among the creatures dove first into the watery depths to seek out mud, according to the author in "Skywoman Falling"?
(a) Loon.
(b) Seal.
(c) Heron.
(d) Beaver.

12. What did the author do for Hazel as a gift at Christmas in "Witch Hazel"?
(a) She took Hazel on a trip to Canada.
(b) She planted a tree for Hazel in her yard.
(c) She hosted a part at Hazel's old house.
(d) She helped Hazel move into a hospice facility.

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

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

15. What is the scientific name for the yellow water-lily?
(a) Solidago canadensis.
(b) Carya illinoensis.
(c) Nuphar lutea.
(d) Amylase.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did the author go kayaking after seeing off her youngest daughter to college in "The Consolation of Water Lilies"?

3. What was Sha-note renamed?

4. Tahawus is the Algonquin name for what mountain, according to the author in "An Offering"?

5. What is sweetgrass's favored habitat?

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