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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. What word do the author's people use to mean East?

2. Who is the elder described that spoke of only carrying one bullet with him when he went deer hunting in "The Honorable Harvest"?

3. What does South represent to the author's people?

4. Where is the Mohawk River located?

5. What is Lionel's profession, as detailed in "The Honorable Harvest"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Nanabozho's first work, as described in “In the Footsteps of Nanabozho: Becoming Indigenous to Place"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does domesticity in plants mean?

9. What did Nanabozho learn when his journey took him North?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Hazel in the story "Witch Hazel." How is this individual portrayed? Why and how did she bond with the author? What is the significance of witch hazel as a symbol in this story?

Essay Topic 2

How is motherhood treated as a theme in Braiding Sweetgrass? What symbols and metaphors relate or connect to this theme? How has motherhood influenced the author in her examination of nature and her traditional heritage?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the meaning of sweetgrass to the Potawatomi people. What does sweetgrass symbolize? How is it used? How is it tended and harvested? What lessons can be learned from sweetgrass?

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