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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the author describe going to an agate beach with her daughter Linden in "The Consolation of Water Lilies"?

2. What is the scientific name for sweetgrass?

3. What were the names of Hazel's children, according to the narrator in "Witch Hazel"?

4. What does the author say the word for sweetgrass is in her people's language in the Preface?

5. When is the time for storytelling, according to the author in "Skywoman Falling"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What morning ritual does the author describe her father performing in "An Offering"?

2. Describe the narrative style in Braiding Sweetgrass. Why is this narrative perspective important?

3. How is the Thanksgiving Address recited?

4. What is the predominant theme in Tending Sweetgrass?

5. How did the U.S. government go about enlisting Native American children in schools aimed at assimilation? What were the impacts of this process?

6. What do wild strawberries symbolize for the author?

7. How does the Pledge of Allegiance differ from the Thanksgiving Address?

8. What gift did the author bestow on Hazel in "Witch Hazel"?

9. Who is Nanabozho? Why is his story important?

10. How is Hazel described? How did the author come to know her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the stories of Nanabozho from Braiding Sweetgrass. Who is Nanabozho? What morals are gleaned from his stories? What does Nanabozho represent to the author's people and how is he seen today?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the impacts of global and national policies as they relate to climate change and the environment. What efforts have been made to repair our actions of the past? What efforts should be made in the future? How do we go about policy changes?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the structure of Braiding Sweetgrass. How does the author set up the arrangement of the book? Why is this important? What metaphor is laid out in the arrangement of the book's structure?

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