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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What song did the author's pre-med students begin singing as they departed camp in "The Sound of Silverbells"?
(a) America the Beautiful.
(b) Hallelujah.
(c) Awiakta.
(d) Amazing Grace.

2. Who is described as the late bloomer of the family in "The Three Sisters"?
(a) Corn.
(b) Squash.
(c) Onions.
(d) Beans.

3. What Swedish botanist does the author reference in "In the Footsteps of Nanabozho: Becoming Indigenous to Place"?
(a) Carl Linnaeus.
(b) Olof Swartz.
(c) Elias Magnus Fries.
(d) Carl Peter Thunberg.

4. Who wrote The Mishomis Book?
(a) Awiakta.
(b) Tom Touchet.
(c) Eddie Benton-Banais.
(d) Bruce King.

5. What is the scientific name of the black ash tree?
(a) Solidago canadensis.
(b) Fraxinus nigra.
(c) Nuphar lutea.
(d) Carya illinoensis.

6. What is the scientific name of the common plantain?
(a) Plantago major.
(b) Hierochloe odorata.
(c) Juglandaceae.
(d) Carya illinoensis.

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

8. What biologist called ecology "the subversive science" (259)?
(a) Bruce King.
(b) Paul Ehrlich.
(c) Thomas Berry.
(d) Paula Gunn Allen.

9. What is the Potawatomi word for sage?
(a) Mshkodewashk.
(b) Puhpowee.
(c) Wabunong.
(d) Zhawanong.

10. How do Nanabozho's people know time, according to the author in "In the Footsteps of Nanabozho: Becoming Indigenous to Place"?
(a) As a mountain.
(b) As a triangle.
(c) As a road.
(d) As a circle.

11. What is the scientific name of the belted kingfisher?
(a) Carya illinoensis.
(b) Solidago canadensis.
(c) Hierochloe odorata.
(d) Megaceryle alcyon.

12. According to the author in "Burning Cascade Head," when Salmon first arrived at the river, he was greeted on the shore by whom?
(a) The Three Sisters.
(b) Wiingaashk.
(c) Skunk Cabbage.
(d) The Fire Master.

13. What grew from Skywoman's daughter's head when she was buried in the earth, according to the author in "Epiphany in the Beans"?
(a) Sweetgrass.
(b) Onions.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Wild strawberries.

14. What is the Anishinaabe new year, or Maple Sugar Moon called, among the author's people?
(a) The Zizibaskwet Giizis.
(b) The Nanabozho.
(c) The Wiingaashk.
(d) The Ode'mini-giizis.

15. What is the scientific name of the cattail plant?
(a) Typha latifolia.
(b) Carya illinoensis.
(c) Hierochloe odorata.
(d) Solidago canadensis.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the author's metaphor for the Three Sisters as an emerging relationship between Western science and indigenous knowledge, the corn signifies what?

2. What does the second row represent in the author's metaphor for basket weaving in "Wisgaak Gokpenagen: A Black Ash Basket"?

3. What is Lionel's profession, as detailed in "The Honorable Harvest"?

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

5. From where was the emerald ash borer introduced?

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