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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 were the names of Hazel's children, according to the narrator in "Witch Hazel"?
(a) James and Sally.
(b) Sam and Janie.
(c) Emily and Peter.
(d) Sarah and John.

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

3. What does appreciation beget, according to the author in "Allegiance to Gratitude"?
(a) Obsequience.
(b) Abundance.
(c) Order.
(d) Gratitude.

4. What is the scientific name for the pecan hickory tree?
(a) Hierochloe odorata.
(b) Carya illinoensis.
(c) Pharmacopoeia.
(d) Mycorrhizae.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote in an 1890 treatise that “the colors diametrically opposed to each other . . . are those which reciprocally evoke each other in the eye" (61)?

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

3. What is the address called that the children recite at the Onondaga school described by the author in "Allegiance to Gratitude"?

4. What color are the flowers of the witch hazel plant?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who is Nanabozho? Why is his story important?

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

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

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

10. Describe the narrative style in Braiding Sweetgrass. Why is this narrative perspective important?

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