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

2. What is the message taught by the Pecan Council in "The Council of Pecans"?
(a) The Windigo is all-powerful.
(b) There is strength in unity.
(c) War is sometimes necessary.
(d) There is strength in solitude.

3. The narrator of "Witch Hazel" says that she first met Hazel Barnett when she was walking the fields where?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Washington.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Nevada.

4. What does the author say "A gift creates" in "The Gift of Strawberries" (38)?
(a) "Eternal indebtedness."
(b) "A solution to problems."
(c) "Ongoing relationship."
(d) "Bitterness."

5. What did the author do for Hazel as a gift at Christmas in "Witch Hazel"?
(a) She hosted a part at Hazel's old house.
(b) She took Hazel on a trip to Canada.
(c) She planted a tree for Hazel in her yard.
(d) She helped Hazel move into a hospice facility.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states in "Skywoman Falling," "The Skywoman story, shared by the original peoples throughout the Great Lakes, is a constant star in the constellation of teachings we call" what (16)?

2. Who wrote the book Grandmothers of the Light?

3. 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)?

4. What kind of bird's nest did the author find in the willows around her pond in "A Mother's Work"?

5. According to the author in "A Mother's Work," Onondaga Lake has a reputation for being one of the most what lakes in the country?

Short Essay Questions

1. What morning ritual does the author describe her father performing in "An Offering"?

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

3. How do trees communicate?

4. Trace the relocations of the author's ancestors. Where did they originate and where are they now?

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

6. What are some of the significant aspects of the Potawatomi language that the author points out in “Learning the Grammar of Animacy”?

7. How does the author discern between a gift and a commodity?

8. What is one of the significant morals of the Skywoman story?

9. What do wild strawberries symbolize for the author?

10. What does witch hazel symbolize in the narrative?

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