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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. Tahawus is the Algonquin name for what mountain, according to the author in "An Offering"?

2. What is the name of the author's youngest daughter?

3. What word from the author's people means "the force which causes mushrooms to push up from the earth overnight" (65)?

4. What word from the Preface refers to a book containing a list of medicinal drugs with their effects and directions for use?

5. Who is described in "Maple Sugar Moon" as "the Anishinaabe Original Man" (79)?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the author discern between a gift and a commodity?

3. How is the Thanksgiving Address recited?

4. What is the narrative dedicated to in "A Mother's Work"?

5. What is significant about the production of harvests among pecan trees?

6. Who is described collecting pecans in “The Council of Pecans”? What is the importance of this story?

7. How does the author describe sweetgrass in relation to gifts?

8. How did the author go about making maple syrup with her daughters?

9. What does witch hazel symbolize in the narrative?

10. What is the central theme in "The Consolation of Water Lilies"? How is this theme evoked?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the concept of time in Western and Native American cultures, lore, and traditions. How does the Native American perception of time differ from the Western view? Why is this important? What does this perception of time say about the lore in Native American culture?

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 themes of immigration and naturalization among humans, plants, and animals in Braiding Sweetgrass. What does immigration mean in this regard? What does naturalization mean? In whose footsteps should we follow? Why?

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