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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How many growth rings does John Pigeon prefer for a black ash tree for basket making?
(a) 20-30.
(b) 40-50.
(c) 30-40.
(d) 10-20.

5. 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) Ecological well-being.
(b) Community.
(c) Material welfare.
(d) Science.

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

7. Among "The Three Sisters," who is the firstborn?
(a) Corn.
(b) Beans.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Squash.

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

9. What percentage of the atmosphere is nitrogen gas?
(a) 45%.
(b) 89%.
(c) 78%.
(d) 56%.

10. 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.

11. According to the beliefs of the author's people, what does East represent?
(a) Sorrow.
(b) Love.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Community.

12. 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) Bruce King.
(b) Tom Touchet.
(c) Thomas Berry.
(d) Oren Lyons.

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) Beaver.
(c) Ox.
(d) Heron.

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

15. What is the name the author's people use to refer to common plantain plants?
(a) White Man's Footstep.
(b) White Man's Basket.
(c) White Man's Disease.
(d) White Man's Problem.

Short Answer Questions

1. What grew from the breasts of Skywoman's daughter, according to the author in "Epiphany in the Beans"?

2. What is one of the names for the cattail in the Potawatomi language, meaning "we wrap the baby in it" (275)?

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

4. 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"?

5. What word do the author's people use to mean East?

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