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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the birch bark boxes that the author's ancestors carried sugar made from sap in called?
(a) Puhpowee.
(b) Ode'mini-giizis.
(c) Wiingaashk.
(d) Makaks.

2. Where did the author grow up?
(a) Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
(b) Northern California.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Upstate New York.

3. What is the name of the author's youngest daughter?
(a) Linden.
(b) Larkin.
(c) Ashley.
(d) Flint.

4. Where does the author describe going to an agate beach with her daughter Linden in "The Consolation of Water Lilies"?
(a) Marsha's Vineyard.
(b) Cape May.
(c) Patrick's Point.
(d) Cape Cod.

5. What color are the flowers of the witch hazel plant?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Yellow.
(d) White.

6. What is the "boom and bust cycle" of nut trees called, according to the author in "The Council of Pecans" (23)?
(a) Mast fruiting.
(b) Post fruiting.
(c) Forage fruiting.
(d) Mass fruiting.

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

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

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

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

11. The author states in "Skywoman Falling," "The Skywoman story, shared by the original peoples throughout the Great Lakes, is a constant star in the constellation of teachings we call" what (16)?
(a) "The Original Instructions."
(b) "The Great Instructions."
(c) "The Words of God."
(d) "The Old Testament."

12. Who wrote the book Grandmothers of the Light?
(a) Johann Goethe.
(b) Thomas Berry.
(c) Bruce King.
(d) Paula Gunn Allen.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author say trees communicate with each other in "The Council of Pecans"?

2. What were the names of Skywoman's daughter's twins, whom she gave birth to before dying, according to the author in "The Gift of Strawberries"?

3. In what year does the author describe her grandfather gathering pecans in "The Council of Pecans"?

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

5. The word "ecology" is derived from what Greek word?

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