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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the second row represent in the author's metaphor for basket weaving in "Wisgaak Gokpenagen: A Black Ash Basket"?
(a) Community.
(b) Science.
(c) Material welfare.
(d) Ecological well-being.

3. What was the name of the author's grandfather?
(a) Lewis Hyde.
(b) Asa Wall.
(c) Oren Lyons.
(d) Bruce King.

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

5. The author states in "Epiphany in the Beans," "In a garden, food arises from" what (151)?
(a) Partnership.
(b) Dedication.
(c) Greed.
(d) Desire.

6. What did the Mohawk call themselves, meaning "People of the Flint" (304)?
(a) Zizibaskwet Giizis.
(b) Zhawanong.
(c) Wabunong.
(d) Kanienkeha.

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

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

9. In what type of environment do black ash trees thrive?
(a) Swamps.
(b) High desert sierras.
(c) Mountain forests.
(d) Desert plains.

10. What is the "fragile layer of cells that lies between the bark and the newest wood" on a tree called (172)?
(a) The hilum.
(b) The cambium.
(c) The rhizoibum.
(d) The milium.

11. What word refers to the sacred tobacco among the author's people?
(a) Sema.
(b) Wiingaashk.
(c) Wabunong.
(d) Yawe.

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

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

14. What is the scientific name for the white spruce tree?
(a) Zhawanong.
(b) Juglandaceae.
(c) Hierochloe odorata.
(d) Picea Glauca.

15. What is the name of the process in a bean shoot in which the vine inscribes a circle in the air?
(a) Nuphar lutea.
(b) Eutrophication.
(c) Amylase.
(d) Circumnutation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the shared currency of Maple Nation, according to the author in "Maple Nation: A Citizenship Guide"?

2. What grew from Skywoman's daughter's head when she was buried in the earth, according to the author in "Epiphany in the Beans"?

3. Among "The Three Sisters," who is the firstborn?

4. What is the author's people's word for cedar?

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

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