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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Spirit.
(c) Traditional knowledge.
(d) Community.

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

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

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

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

7. What does the author describe finding in the soil as she planted sweetgrass in "Putting Down Roots"?
(a) A diamond.
(b) A piece of amber.
(c) A wolf tooth.
(d) A daisy.

8. 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) Bruce King.
(b) Ursula K. Le Guin.
(c) Lewis Hyde.
(d) Paula Gunn Allen.

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

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

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

12. 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 circle.
(d) As a road.

13. What bacteria is referred to as "the nitrogen fixers" among bean roots in "The Three Sisters"?
(a) Nuphar lutea.
(b) Rhizoibum.
(c) Mycorrhizae.
(d) Amylase.

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

15. What is the Anishinaabe word for maple?
(a) Wiingaashk.
(b) Ode'mini-giizis.
(c) Yawe.
(d) Anenemik.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the author's grandfather?

2. What is left as a reciprocating gift when an ash tree is chosen to be cut down by the author's native people?

3. To what clan is Tom Porter a member, according to the author in "Putting Down Roots"?

4. 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?

5. What adjective refers to the instance when an organism's water content changes with the moisture in the surrounding environment?

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