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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. Who is described in "Maple Sugar Moon" as "the Anishinaabe Original Man" (79)?
(a) Nanabozho.
(b) Yawe.
(c) Wiingaashk.
(d) Puhpowee.

2. What is the address called that the children recite at the Onondaga school described by the author in "Allegiance to Gratitude"?
(a) The Gratitude Salute.
(b) The Pledge of Allegiance.
(c) The Earth Mother Salutation.
(d) The Thanksgiving Address.

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

4. What American elm does the author describe having been named the champion for its species in "Asters and Goldenrod"?
(a) The Glencorradale Elm.
(b) The Wethersfield Elm.
(c) The Louis Vieux Elm.
(d) The Parliament Hill Elm.

5. Who was Hazel's husband?
(a) Rowley.
(b) James.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Robert.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the animate form of "to be," in the author's people's language?

3. What were the names of Hazel's children, according to the narrator in "Witch Hazel"?

4. Who is described as "our oldest Grandmother" in the Onondaga address?

5. 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"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the author discover when she returned home in "The Consolation of Water Lilies"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What do wild strawberries symbolize for the author?

10. What is the predominant theme in Tending Sweetgrass?

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