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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Tobacco.
(c) Corn.
(d) Coffee grounds.

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

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

4. Who is the author's graduate student that assisted her in investigating the decline of black ash trees in New York, according to the narrative in "Wisgaak Gokpenagen: A Black Ash Basket"?
(a) Thomas Berry.
(b) Bruce King.
(c) Oren Lyons.
(d) Tom Touchet.

5. What were the three seeds in the corn leaf pouch that were given to the author in "The Three Sisters"?
(a) Tobacco, chives, and beans.
(b) Corn, beans, and squash.
(c) Beans, squash, and onions.
(d) Sweetgrass, potatoes, and corn.

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

7. What direction does a doorway always face in indigenous homes, according to the author in "Sitting in a Circle"?
(a) South.
(b) North.
(c) West.
(d) East.

8. Where is the Mohawk River located?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) New York.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) Wisconsin.

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

10. What is referred to as the "bellybutton" of bean pods in "The Three Sisters" (164)?
(a) The milium.
(b) The rhizoibum.
(c) The amylase.
(d) The hilum.

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

12. Scientists have discovered an enzyme in the saliva of what animal that stimulates grass growth?
(a) Buffalo.
(b) Sheep.
(c) Deer.
(d) Cows.

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

14. What does the author describe the granite as in the Adirondack landscape in "Umbilicaria: The Belly Button of the World"?
(a) Mycorrhizae.
(b) Rhizoibum.
(c) Juglandaceae.
(d) Anorthosite.

15. What grew from Skywoman's daughter's belly after she was buried in the earth?
(a) Squash.
(b) Onions.
(c) Beans.
(d) Corn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author describe the frest, raw pole bean as tasting like in "Epiphany in the Beans"?

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

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

4. Who is the elder described that spoke of only carrying one bullet with him when he went deer hunting in "The Honorable Harvest"?

5. What bacteria is referred to as "the nitrogen fixers" among bean roots in "The Three Sisters"?

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