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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 biologist called ecology "the subversive science" (259)?
2. What is the scientific name of the black ash tree?
3. In the author's metaphor for the Three Sisters as an emerging relationship between Western science and indigenous knowledge, the corn signifies what?
4. Beginning in what year did the U.S. Forest Service and partner organizations led by Oregon State University initiate a restoration project for the estuary at the Salmon River in Oregon?
5. In her metaphor for basket weaving in "Wisgaak Gokpenagen: A Black Ash Basket," the author says "we need to pay attention to the lessons of the three rows" (183). What does the first row represent?
Short Essay Questions
1. What findings did Laurie's thesis produce in “Mishkos Kenomagwen: The Teachings of Grass”?
2. What reassured the author as her field trip with her students concluded in “The Sound of Silverbells”?
3. Who is the basket maker featured in "Wisgaak Gokpenagen: A Black Ash Basket"? How is he described?
4. What metaphor does Kimmerer offer for the braiding of a basket in “Wisgaak Gokpenagen: A Black Ash Basket”?
5. What does the South represent symbolically to the Anishinaabe people?
6. What does the author remark about White Man's Footstep in “In the Footsteps of Nanabozho: Becoming Indigenous to Place"?
7. How does the author describe the process of harvesting sweetgrass in the opening of Picking Sweetgrass?
8. Under what types of conditions do black ash trees grow?
9. What did Nanabozho learn when his journey took him North?
10. What does the East represent in the Anishinaabe belief system?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the overarching theme of reciprocity in Braiding Sweetgrass. What does reciprocity mean in relation to the environment and its plants and animals? What does it mean in relation to people? Why is reciprocity important?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the meaning of gifts in Native American culture. How was this concept misinterpreted by white settlers in the New World? How do gift economies differ from market economies? How can we go about reconciling the two?
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