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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of food did the author's pet ducks take to in the winter, according to her narrative in "A Mother's Work"?
(a) Cat food.
(b) Chicken food.
(c) Dog food.
(d) Pig food.

2. What is the device called that one hammers into a Maple tree in order to tap it?
(a) Sloke.
(b) Spile.
(c) Stake.
(d) Spike.

3. What were the names of Skywoman's daughter's twins, whom she gave birth to before dying, according to the author in "The Gift of Strawberries"?
(a) Rose and Daisy.
(b) Flint and Sapling.
(c) Heron and Flax.
(d) Swallow and Thrush.

4. Along what river does the author describe her grandfather collecting pecans in "The Council of Pecans"?
(a) The Niagara River.
(b) The Ottawa River.
(c) The Arkansas River.
(d) The Canadian River.

5. From where were the author's ancestors first removed from their land, according to the narrative in "The Council of Pecans"?
(a) Oregon.
(b) Wisconsin.
(c) Caifornia.
(d) New Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are the flowers of the witch hazel plant?

2. What did the author do for Hazel as a gift at Christmas in "Witch Hazel"?

3. What is described in maple trees as "the enzyme responsible for cleaving large molecules of starch stored in the roots into small molecules of sugar" (85)?

4. Who are the Keepers of Water among the Potawatomi people?

5. What were the birch bark boxes that the author's ancestors carried sugar made from sap in called?

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