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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of bird's nest did the author find in the willows around her pond in "A Mother's Work"?
(a) Sparrow.
(b) Yellow warbler.
(c) Barn swallow.
(d) Raven.

2. What is the message taught by the Pecan Council in "The Council of Pecans"?
(a) There is strength in unity.
(b) There is strength in solitude.
(c) War is sometimes necessary.
(d) The Windigo is all-powerful.

3. What is the animate form of "to be," in the author's people's language?
(a) Ode'mini-giizis.
(b) Wiingaashk.
(c) Puhpowee.
(d) Yawe.

4. What does the true name Tahawus mean among the Potawatomi people?
(a) Cloud Splitter.
(b) Flaming lava.
(c) Large eruption.
(d) Gentle slope.

5. According to the author in "A Mother's Work," Onondaga Lake has a reputation for being one of the most what lakes in the country?
(a) Pristine.
(b) Algae-ridden.
(c) Fish-filled.
(d) Polluted.

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

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

8. Who wrote in an 1890 treatise that “the colors diametrically opposed to each other . . . are those which reciprocally evoke each other in the eye" (61)?
(a) Jeh Johnson.
(b) Bruce King.
(c) Johann Goethe.
(d) Lewis Hyde.

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

10. In what year does the author describe her grandfather gathering pecans in "The Council of Pecans"?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1895.
(c) 1798.
(d) 1818.

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

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

13. What ecotheologian wrote, "We must say of the universe that it is a communion of subjects, not a collection of objects" (74)?
(a) Thomas Berry.
(b) Lewis Hyde.
(c) Bruce King.
(d) Johann Goethe.

14. In what small village is Evon Peter a Chief in northeastern Alaska?
(a) Sitka.
(b) Arctic Village.
(c) Homer.
(d) Wasilla.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who among the creatures dove first into the watery depths to seek out mud, according to the author in "Skywoman Falling"?

2. What is the scientific name for goldenrod?

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

4. Who painted Moment in Flight?

5. What is the scientific family that comprises butternuts, black walnuts, hickories, and pecans?

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