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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 sweetgrass called in the Mohawk language?
(a) Wiingaashk.
(b) Ode'mini-giizis.
(c) Wenserakon ohonte.
(d) Zizibaskwet Giizis.

2. How many weeks were the author's students required to stay at the Cranberry Lake Biological Station as a graduation requirement, according to her narrative in "Sitting in a Circle"?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 9.
(d) 2.

3. What biologist called ecology "the subversive science" (259)?
(a) Paul Ehrlich.
(b) Bruce King.
(c) Paula Gunn Allen.
(d) Thomas Berry.

4. What grew from the hair of Skywoman's daughter, according to the author in "Epiphany in the Beans"?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Daisies.
(c) Onions.
(d) Sweetgrass.

5. What does South represent to the author's people?
(a) Birth and growth.
(b) Ancient knowledge.
(c) Community.
(d) Death and grief.

Short Answer Questions

1. Beginning in what year did the U.S. Forest Service and partner organizations led by Oregon State University initiate a restoration project for the estuary at the Salmon River in Oregon?

2. What is the word used to mean South in the author's native language?

3. What does the author describe the frest, raw pole bean as tasting like in "Epiphany in the Beans"?

4. According to the beliefs of the author's people, what does East represent?

5. What is the shared currency of Maple Nation, according to the author in "Maple Nation: A Citizenship Guide"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does domesticity in plants mean?

2. What reassured the author as her field trip with her students concluded in “The Sound of Silverbells”?

3. What findings did Laurie's thesis produce in “Mishkos Kenomagwen: The Teachings of Grass”?

4. What uses for cattails did the author teach her students in “Sitting in a Circle"?

5. What does the South represent symbolically to the Anishinaabe people?

6. How is individuality treated by the author's people? Why is it important?

7. Why is it important to understand that the earth loves people, according to the author in “Epiphany in the Beans”?

8. What did Nanabozho learn when his journey took him North?

9. What is an ideal black ash tree for harvesting for basket making?

10. What did the author discover when she attempted to apply reciprocity when shopping for writing supplies in "The Honorable Harvest"?

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