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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Braiding Sweetgrass.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "Maple Sugar Moon" translate to in the language of the author's people?
(a) Zizibaskwet Giizis.
(b) Ode'mini-giizis.
(c) Puhpowee.
(d) Wiingaashk.

2. What does appreciation beget, according to the author in "Allegiance to Gratitude"?
(a) Abundance.
(b) Gratitude.
(c) Obsequience.
(d) Order.

3. What direction does a doorway always face in indigenous homes, according to the author in "Sitting in a Circle"?
(a) West.
(b) North.
(c) South.
(d) East.

4. What does the author describe finding in the soil as she planted sweetgrass in "Putting Down Roots"?
(a) A diamond.
(b) A daisy.
(c) A wolf tooth.
(d) A piece of amber.

5. Who is described as "our oldest Grandmother" in the Onondaga address?
(a) The Earth.
(b) The Moon.
(c) The Stars.
(d) The Sun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is left as a reciprocating gift when an ash tree is chosen to be cut down by the author's native people?

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

3. According to the author in "A Mother's Work," Onondaga Lake has a reputation for being one of the most what lakes in the country?

4. In the author's metaphor for the Three Sisters as an emerging relationship between Western science and indigenous knowledge, the bean signifies what?

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

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