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

2. Where does the author describe going to an agate beach with her daughter Linden in "The Consolation of Water Lilies"?
(a) Marsha's Vineyard.
(b) Cape May.
(c) Patrick's Point.
(d) Cape Cod.

3. What were the names of Skywoman's daughter's twins, whom she gave birth to before dying, according to the author in "The Gift of Strawberries"?
(a) Flint and Sapling.
(b) Rose and Daisy.
(c) Heron and Flax.
(d) Swallow and Thrush.

4. From where were the author's ancestors first removed from their land, according to the narrative in "The Council of Pecans"?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) Oregon.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) Caifornia.

5. 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 understanding.
(b) An arboreal gathering.
(c) A musing.
(d) A metaphoray.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does appreciation beget, according to the author in "Allegiance to Gratitude"?

2. What does the author say "A gift creates" in "The Gift of Strawberries" (38)?

3. Who was Hazel's husband?

4. What does "Sha-note" mean in the author's people's language (21)?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe sweetgrass in relation to gifts?

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

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

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

5. Who is Skywoman and what is the basic outline of her story?

6. How is Hazel described? How did the author come to know her?

7. How does the author compare the Skywoman story with the Christian story of Creation?

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

9. What is the central theme in "The Consolation of Water Lilies"? How is this theme evoked?

10. How does the Pledge of Allegiance differ from the Thanksgiving Address?

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