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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the author live while in graduate school?
(a) Kansas.
(b) New York.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Wisconsin.

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

3. 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."

4. How does the author say trees communicate with each other in "The Council of Pecans"?
(a) Via whispers.
(b) Via ESP.
(c) Via pheromones.
(d) Via electrical pulses.

5. How many times does the author say her ancestors were "removed" in the span of a single generation in "The Council of Pecans" (21)?
(a) 5.
(b) 9.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

6. What is described in maple trees as "the enzyme responsible for cleaving large molecules of starch stored in the roots into small molecules of sugar" (85)?
(a) Amylase.
(b) Mycorrhizae.
(c) Phytochromes.
(d) Juglandaceae.

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

8. What is the name of the Strawberry Moon in the author's people's language?
(a) Yawe.
(b) Wiingaashk.
(c) Ode'mini-giizis.
(d) Puhpowee.

9. What is said to be the leader of the birds in the Onondaga address in "Allegiance to Gratitude"?
(a) The eagle.
(b) The chickadee.
(c) The raven.
(d) The hawk.

10. What is sweetgrass's favored habitat?
(a) Dry, shady forests.
(b) Craggy, rocky mountains with low sunshine.
(c) Lava rock beds and high desert plains.
(d) Sunny, well-watered meadows.

11. "Hydrodictyon" is said to be Latin for what, in "A Mother's Work"?
(a) The burning bush.
(b) The single eye.
(c) The reformer.
(d) The water net.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say the word for sweetgrass is in her people's language in the Preface?

2. From where were the author's ancestors first removed from their land, according to the narrative in "The Council of Pecans"?

3. 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)?

4. Upon what creature's back did the woman spread the mud in "Skywoman Falling"?

5. What was Sha-note renamed?

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