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

2. In her metaphor for basket weaving in "Wisgaak Gokpenagen: A Black Ash Basket," the author says "we need to pay attention to the lessons of the three rows" (183). What does the first row represent?
(a) Science.
(b) Ecological well-being.
(c) Community.
(d) Material welfare.

3. Where is the Mohawk River located?
(a) New York.
(b) Wisconsin.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) Pennsylvania.

4. What is the shared currency of Maple Nation, according to the author in "Maple Nation: A Citizenship Guide"?
(a) Oxygen.
(b) Nitrogen.
(c) Gold.
(d) Carbon.

5. What is the word used to mean South in the author's native language?
(a) Makaks.
(b) Puhpowee.
(c) Wabunong.
(d) Zhawanong.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does South represent to the author's people?

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

3. What do the author and her neighbors call the one gas station in her community, according to the narrative in "Maple Nation: A Citizenship Guide"?

4. Who was the Cherokee writer that pressed a corn leaf pouch into the author's hand years ago, according to the narrative in "The Three Sisters"?

5. What is the scientific name of the common plantain?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the East represent in the Anishinaabe belief system?

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

4. What are the Three Sisters?

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

6. What does domesticity in plants mean?

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

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

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

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

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