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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. Scientists have discovered an enzyme in the saliva of what animal that stimulates grass growth?
(a) Cows.
(b) Buffalo.
(c) Deer.
(d) Sheep.

2. What does the author describe the frest, raw pole bean as tasting like in "Epiphany in the Beans"?
(a) September.
(b) June.
(c) August.
(d) July.

3. What is the scientific name of the black ash tree?
(a) Solidago canadensis.
(b) Fraxinus nigra.
(c) Carya illinoensis.
(d) Nuphar lutea.

4. What word do the author's people use to mean East?
(a) Wiingaashk.
(b) Wabunong.
(c) Makaks.
(d) Nanabozho.

5. What is one of the names for the cattail in the Potawatomi language, meaning "we wrap the baby in it" (275)?
(a) Zhawanong.
(b) Zizibaskwet Giizis.
(c) Hierochloe odorata.
(d) Bewiieskwinuk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "fragile layer of cells that lies between the bark and the newest wood" on a tree called (172)?

2. When does the author describe "a tsunami of disease" sweeping the Oregon coast in "Burning Cascade Head" (293)?

3. The author states in "Epiphany in the Beans," "In a garden, food arises from" what (151)?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is the basket maker featured in "Wisgaak Gokpenagen: A Black Ash Basket"? How is he described?

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

4. Why do polycultures often succeed above monocultures?

5. What are the Three Sisters?

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

7. How did Laurie's advisors respond to her thesis subject in “Mishkos Kenomagwen: The Teachings of Grass”?

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

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

10. What metaphor does Kimmerer offer for the braiding of a basket in “Wisgaak Gokpenagen: A Black Ash Basket”?

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