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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who stated that “objects . . . will remain plentiful because they are treated as gifts" (43)?
(a) Thomas Berry.
(b) Bruce King.
(c) Lewis Hyde.
(d) Johann Goethe.

2. Who is described in "Maple Sugar Moon" as "the Anishinaabe Original Man" (79)?
(a) Nanabozho.
(b) Wiingaashk.
(c) Puhpowee.
(d) Yawe.

3. Who was the great teacher of Anishinaabe lore that over-fished a lake, according to the story related by the author in "The Honorable Harvest"?
(a) Makaks.
(b) Nanabozho.
(c) Yawe.
(d) Puhpowee.

4. What is the scientific name of the common plantain?
(a) Carya illinoensis.
(b) Plantago major.
(c) Hierochloe odorata.
(d) Juglandaceae.

5. What is the word used to mean South in the author's native language?
(a) Zhawanong.
(b) Wabunong.
(c) Puhpowee.
(d) Makaks.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in "Skywoman Falling," sweetgrass is one of how many sacred plants of her people?

2. Where did the author live while in graduate school?

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

4. Where did the author grow up?

5. Who painted Moment in Flight?

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