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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 does the second row represent in the author's metaphor for basket weaving in "Wisgaak Gokpenagen: A Black Ash Basket"?
(a) Community.
(b) Material welfare.
(c) Science.
(d) Ecological well-being.

2. What does the author describe finding in the soil as she planted sweetgrass in "Putting Down Roots"?
(a) A daisy.
(b) A piece of amber.
(c) A diamond.
(d) A wolf tooth.

3. What is the Potawatomi word for sage?
(a) Puhpowee.
(b) Zhawanong.
(c) Mshkodewashk.
(d) Wabunong.

4. The author describes a lichen in "Umbilicaria: The Belly Button of the World" as being not one being but two. What are these beings?
(a) A plant and an alga.
(b) A fungus and an alga.
(c) A fungus and a plant.
(d) A plant and an animal.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is referred to as the "bellybutton" of bean pods in "The Three Sisters" (164)?

2. In what type of environment do black ash trees thrive?

3. What song did the author's pre-med students begin singing as they departed camp in "The Sound of Silverbells"?

4. What is the scientific name of the belted kingfisher?

5. What bacteria is referred to as "the nitrogen fixers" among bean roots in "The Three Sisters"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Under what types of conditions do black ash trees grow?

6. Why is the concept of circular time important in Native American lore?

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

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

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

10. How does the author describe the process of harvesting sweetgrass in the opening of Picking Sweetgrass?

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