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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator of "Witch Hazel" says that she first met Hazel Barnett when she was walking the fields where?
(a) Washington.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Nevada.

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

3. What color bedroom was among the author's daughters' list of demands for a new home in "A Mother's Work"?
(a) Red.
(b) Pink.
(c) Purple.
(d) Blue.

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"?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 12.

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

6. In what grade was the author's daughter when she stopped standing for the Pledge of Allegiance?
(a) Second.
(b) Sixth.
(c) Eleventh.
(d) Third.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. Where did the author grow up?

3. What is the "boom and bust cycle" of nut trees called, according to the author in "The Council of Pecans" (23)?

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

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

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