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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is sweetgrass called in the Mohawk language?
(a) Ode'mini-giizis.
(b) Wiingaashk.
(c) Wenserakon ohonte.
(d) Zizibaskwet Giizis.

2. To whom is the following quote attributed in "Burning Cascade Head"? "“The dance of renewal, the dance that made the world, was always danced here at the edge of things, on the brink, on the foggy coast" (288).
(a) Paula Gunn Allen.
(b) Bruce King.
(c) Ursula K. Le Guin.
(d) Lewis Hyde.

3. What is left as a reciprocating gift when an ash tree is chosen to be cut down by the author's native people?
(a) Beans.
(b) Corn.
(c) Coffee grounds.
(d) Tobacco.

4. When does the author describe "a tsunami of disease" sweeping the Oregon coast in "Burning Cascade Head" (293)?
(a) The 1830s.
(b) The 1880s.
(c) The 1890s.
(d) The 1850s.

5. In the author's metaphor for the Three Sisters as an emerging relationship between Western science and indigenous knowledge, the bean signifies what?
(a) Science.
(b) Traditional knowledge.
(c) Spirit.
(d) Community.

6. What adjective refers to the instance when an organism's water content changes with the moisture in the surrounding environment?
(a) Juglandaceae.
(b) Rhizoibum.
(c) Poikilohydric.
(d) Pharmacopoeia.

7. What is the shared currency of Maple Nation, according to the author in "Maple Nation: A Citizenship Guide"?
(a) Gold.
(b) Carbon.
(c) Oxygen.
(d) Nitrogen.

8. To what clan is Tom Porter a member, according to the author in "Putting Down Roots"?
(a) The Buffalo Clan.
(b) The Wolf Clan.
(c) The Lion Clan.
(d) The Bear Clan.

9. In her metaphor for basket weaving in "Wisgaak Gokpenagen: A Black Ash Basket," the author says "we need to pay attention to the lessons of the three rows" (183). What does the first row represent?
(a) Science.
(b) Material welfare.
(c) Ecological well-being.
(d) Community.

10. What grew from the breasts of Skywoman's daughter, according to the author in "Epiphany in the Beans"?
(a) Squash.
(b) Beans.
(c) Sweetgrass.
(d) Corn.

11. Who gave Nanabozho the shape for his canoe, according to the narrative in "In the Footsteps of Nanabozho: Becoming Indigenous to Place"?
(a) Whale.
(b) Dove.
(c) Swan.
(d) Turtle.

12. Who was the great teacher of Anishinaabe lore that over-fished a lake, according to the story related by the author in "The Honorable Harvest"?
(a) Puhpowee.
(b) Yawe.
(c) Makaks.
(d) Nanabozho.

13. Who taught Nanabozho to make an ax, according to the narrative in "In the Footsteps of Nanabozho: Becoming Indigenous to Place"?
(a) Bear.
(b) Heron.
(c) Beaver.
(d) Ox.

14. What do the author and her neighbors call the one gas station in her community, according to the narrative in "Maple Nation: A Citizenship Guide"?
(a) The Pompey Mall.
(b) The Hilltop 66.
(c) The Bazaar.
(d) The DC Store.

15. Who was the Cherokee writer that pressed a corn leaf pouch into the author's hand years ago, according to the narrative in "The Three Sisters"?
(a) Paula Gunn Allen.
(b) Lewis Hyde.
(c) Awiakta.
(d) Thomas Berry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What biologist called ecology "the subversive science" (259)?

2. What is the Anishinaabe word for maple?

3. What is the scientific name for the white spruce tree?

4. What word refers to the sacred tobacco among the author's people?

5. How many weeks were the author's students required to stay at the Cranberry Lake Biological Station as a graduation requirement, according to her narrative in "Sitting in a Circle"?

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