1. What are the light-absorbing pigments in the photosensors in Maple buds called?
(a) Mycorrhizae.
(b) Juglandaceae.
(c) Phytochromes.
(d) Hierochloe odorata.

2. The narrator of "Witch Hazel" says that she first met Hazel Barnett when she was walking the fields where?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Nevada.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Washington.

3. From whose perspective is "Witch Hazel" narrated?
(a) Hazel's.
(b) The author's.
(c) The author's niece's.
(d) The author's daughter's.

4. What does the author say the word for sweetgrass is in her people's language in the Preface?
(a) Wiingaashk.
(b) Puhpowee.
(c) Ode'mini-giizis.
(d) Yawe.

5. When is the time for storytelling, according to the author in "Skywoman Falling"?
(a) Fall.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Onondaga Faithkeeper who told the author, "Of course you should write about it. It’s supposed to be shared, otherwise how can it work? We’ve been waiting five hundred years for people to listen. If they’d understood the Thanksgiving then, we wouldn’t be in this mess" (142)?

2. What does the third row represent in the author's metaphor for basket weaving in "Wisgaak Gokpenagen: A Black Ash Basket"?

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

4. For how long does the author say the commodity economy has been here on Turtle Island in "The Gift of Strawberries"?

5. What was Sha-note renamed?

(see the answer key)

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