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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the teachings of the Onondaga people, leadership is rooted not in power and authority but in what?
(a) Instinct and trust.
(b) Gratitude.
(c) Submission and meekness.
(d) Service and wisdom.

2. Tahawus is the Algonquin name for what mountain, according to the author in "An Offering"?
(a) Mount Shasta.
(b) Mount Marcy.
(c) Mount Brady.
(d) Mount Rainier.

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

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

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

6. 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"?
(a) Swallow and Thrush.
(b) Rose and Daisy.
(c) Heron and Flax.
(d) Flint and Sapling.

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

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

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

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

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

12. What is the address called that the children recite at the Onondaga school described by the author in "Allegiance to Gratitude"?
(a) The Thanksgiving Address.
(b) The Pledge of Allegiance.
(c) The Gratitude Salute.
(d) The Earth Mother Salutation.

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

14. 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) A metaphoray.
(b) A musing.
(c) An arboreal gathering.
(d) An arboreal understanding.

15. On how many acres did the home sit that the author fell in love with in upstate New York in "A Mother's Work"?
(a) 12.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did the author live while in graduate school?

3. What was Sha-note renamed?

4. 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)?

5. According to the author in "Skywoman Falling," sweetgrass is one of how many sacred plants of her people?

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