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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. Among "The Three Sisters," who is the firstborn?
(a) Beans.
(b) Corn.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Squash.

2. What percentage of the atmosphere is nitrogen gas?
(a) 56%.
(b) 78%.
(c) 89%.
(d) 45%.

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

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

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

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. The author describes a lichen in "Umbilicaria: The Belly Button of the World" as being not one being but two. What are these beings?

3. What is the Anishinaabe new year, or Maple Sugar Moon called, among the author's people?

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

5. Scientists have discovered an enzyme in the saliva of what animal that stimulates grass growth?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why do polycultures often succeed above monocultures?

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

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

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

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

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