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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. 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?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1982.

2. In the author's metaphor for the Three Sisters as an emerging relationship between Western science and indigenous knowledge, the bean signifies what?
(a) Community.
(b) Science.
(c) Spirit.
(d) Traditional knowledge.

3. To what clan is Tom Porter a member, according to the author in "Putting Down Roots"?
(a) The Lion Clan.
(b) The Buffalo Clan.
(c) The Bear Clan.
(d) The Wolf Clan.

4. When does the author describe "a tsunami of disease" sweeping the Oregon coast in "Burning Cascade Head" (293)?
(a) The 1850s.
(b) The 1830s.
(c) The 1880s.
(d) The 1890s.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote The Mishomis Book?

2. What term refers to fields with many species of plants?

3. From where was the emerald ash borer introduced?

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

5. What direction does a doorway always face in indigenous homes, according to the author in "Sitting in a Circle"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the Three Sisters?

2. What preconceptions did the author have about Lionel? How were they proven wrong?

3. Why is it important for native peoples to ask for permission when harvesting or hunting? How do they do so?

4. Who did Nanabozho meet when he traveled to the West?

5. Why do polycultures often succeed above monocultures?

6. What does the author remark about White Man's Footstep in “In the Footsteps of Nanabozho: Becoming Indigenous to Place"?

7. What lessons did Nanabozho learn from the animals, according to the narrative in “In the Footsteps of Nanabozho: Becoming Indigenous to Place"?

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

9. What was Nanabozho's first work, as described in “In the Footsteps of Nanabozho: Becoming Indigenous to Place"?

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

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