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

2. What word refers to the sacred tobacco among the author's people?
(a) Yawe.
(b) Sema.
(c) Wiingaashk.
(d) Wabunong.

3. How many growth rings does John Pigeon prefer for a black ash tree for basket making?
(a) 30-40.
(b) 40-50.
(c) 20-30.
(d) 10-20.

4. What bacteria is referred to as "the nitrogen fixers" among bean roots in "The Three Sisters"?
(a) Amylase.
(b) Nuphar lutea.
(c) Rhizoibum.
(d) Mycorrhizae.

5. To whom is the following quote attributed in "Burning Cascade Head"? "“The dance of renewal, the dance that made the world, was always danced here at the edge of things, on the brink, on the foggy coast" (288).
(a) Bruce King.
(b) Lewis Hyde.
(c) Paula Gunn Allen.
(d) Ursula K. Le Guin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author describe the frest, raw pole bean as tasting like in "Epiphany in the Beans"?

2. According to the beliefs of the author's people, what does East represent?

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

4. Who is described as the late bloomer of the family in "The Three Sisters"?

5. Who gave Nanabozho the shape for his canoe, according to the narrative in "In the Footsteps of Nanabozho: Becoming Indigenous to Place"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the Three Sisters?

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

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

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

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

6. What does domesticity in plants mean?

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

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

9. What are growth rings in trees and how are they formed?

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

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