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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 Morongo Thunder and Lightning Pow Wow.
(b) The Potawatomi Gathering of Nations.
(c) The Coushatta Gathering of Nations.
(d) The Hunting Moon Pow Wow.

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

3. What is described in maple trees as "the enzyme responsible for cleaving large molecules of starch stored in the roots into small molecules of sugar" (85)?
(a) Phytochromes.
(b) Amylase.
(c) Juglandaceae.
(d) Mycorrhizae.

4. What is said to be the leader of the birds in the Onondaga address in "Allegiance to Gratitude"?
(a) The chickadee.
(b) The eagle.
(c) The raven.
(d) The hawk.

5. What kind of bird's nest did the author find in the willows around her pond in "A Mother's Work"?
(a) Sparrow.
(b) Yellow warbler.
(c) Barn swallow.
(d) Raven.

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. Along what river does the author describe her grandfather collecting pecans in "The Council of Pecans"?

3. What is the scientific family that comprises butternuts, black walnuts, hickories, and pecans?

4. Tahawus is the Algonquin name for what mountain, according to the author in "An Offering"?

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. How do trees communicate?

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

3. What do wild strawberries symbolize for the author?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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