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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Mass fruiting.
(c) Mast fruiting.
(d) Forage fruiting.

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

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

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

5. 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) Juglandaceae.
(b) Amylase.
(c) Mycorrhizae.
(d) Phytochromes.

6. From whose perspective is "Witch Hazel" narrated?
(a) Hazel's.
(b) The author's niece's.
(c) The author's daughter's.
(d) The author's.

7. 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 Glencorradale Elm.
(d) The Wethersfield Elm.

8. What is the scientific name for the pecan hickory tree?
(a) Pharmacopoeia.
(b) Mycorrhizae.
(c) Hierochloe odorata.
(d) Carya illinoensis.

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

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

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

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

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

14. When is the time for storytelling, according to the author in "Skywoman Falling"?
(a) Summer.
(b) Fall.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

15. What kind of food did the author's pet ducks take to in the winter, according to her narrative in "A Mother's Work"?
(a) Cat food.
(b) Pig food.
(c) Dog food.
(d) Chicken food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the birch bark boxes that the author's ancestors carried sugar made from sap in called?

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

3. What does the author say "A gift creates" in "The Gift of Strawberries" (38)?

4. What did the author do for Hazel as a gift at Christmas in "Witch Hazel"?

5. After how many years does the author say her pond is now nearly swimmable in "A Mother's Work"?

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