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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gathering in Oklahoma does the author describe as "an antidote to the divide-and-conquer strategy that was used to separate our people from each other and from our homelands" (31)?
(a) The Potawatomi Gathering of Nations.
(b) The Hunting Moon Pow Wow.
(c) The Coushatta Gathering of Nations.
(d) The Morongo Thunder and Lightning Pow Wow.

2. In what year does the author describe her grandfather gathering pecans in "The Council of Pecans"?
(a) 1798.
(b) 1895.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1818.

3. What is the name of the author's youngest daughter?
(a) Larkin.
(b) Ashley.
(c) Linden.
(d) Flint.

4. What does the author say she should call it when writers go walking the forests and fields looking for plants in "Asters and Goldenrod"?
(a) An arboreal gathering.
(b) A metaphoray.
(c) An arboreal understanding.
(d) A musing.

5. What is the scientific name for sweetgrass?
(a) Mycorrhizae.
(b) Solidago canadensis.
(c) Hierochloe odorata.
(d) Pharmacopoeia.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator of "Witch Hazel" says that she first met Hazel Barnett when she was walking the fields where?

2. What did the author do for Hazel as a gift at Christmas in "Witch Hazel"?

3. Where did the author go kayaking after seeing off her youngest daughter to college in "The Consolation of Water Lilies"?

4. What does the true name Tahawus mean among the Potawatomi people?

5. What kind of food did the author's pet ducks take to in the winter, according to her narrative in "A Mother's Work"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about the production of harvests among pecan trees?

2. How does the concept of gift-giving differ between viewpoints of a private property economy and a gift economy?

3. What does witch hazel symbolize in the narrative?

4. How did the author go about making maple syrup with her daughters?

5. What gift did the author bestow on Hazel in "Witch Hazel"?

6. What is significant about the narrative style in "Witch Hazel"?

7. Who is described collecting pecans in “The Council of Pecans”? What is the importance of this story?

8. How did the U.S. government go about enlisting Native American children in schools aimed at assimilation? What were the impacts of this process?

9. What is the narrative dedicated to in "A Mother's Work"?

10. How did the author's college advisor respond when they first met about her interest in botany?

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