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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the author's people's word for cedar?
(a) Zhawanong.
(b) Makaks.
(c) Kizhig.
(d) Puhpowee.

2. The author states in "Epiphany in the Beans," "In a garden, food arises from" what (151)?
(a) Partnership.
(b) Greed.
(c) Dedication.
(d) Desire.

3. 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)?
(a) Oren Lyons.
(b) Thomas Berry.
(c) Bruce King.
(d) Lewis Hyde.

4. How many growth rings does John Pigeon prefer for a black ash tree for basket making?
(a) 20-30.
(b) 10-20.
(c) 30-40.
(d) 40-50.

5. What is the "fragile layer of cells that lies between the bark and the newest wood" on a tree called (172)?
(a) The milium.
(b) The rhizoibum.
(c) The cambium.
(d) The hilum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Laurie's finding show happened with harvested sweetgrass in her graduate thesis?

2. What is the animate form of "to be," in the author's people's language?

3. In what type of environment do black ash trees thrive?

4. What bacteria is referred to as "the nitrogen fixers" among bean roots in "The Three Sisters"?

5. What were the names of Hazel's children, according to the narrator in "Witch Hazel"?

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