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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Mayan Creation story, the second humans were shaped of what?
(a) Wood.
(b) Corn.
(c) Water.
(d) Clay.

2. Who gave Nanabozho the shape for his canoe, according to the narrative in "In the Footsteps of Nanabozho: Becoming Indigenous to Place"?
(a) Dove.
(b) Turtle.
(c) Whale.
(d) Swan.

3. What is referred to as the "bellybutton" of bean pods in "The Three Sisters" (164)?
(a) The milium.
(b) The rhizoibum.
(c) The amylase.
(d) The hilum.

4. Who wrote The Mishomis Book?
(a) Awiakta.
(b) Eddie Benton-Banais.
(c) Tom Touchet.
(d) Bruce King.

5. 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) Lewis Hyde.
(b) Thomas Berry.
(c) Bruce King.
(d) Oren Lyons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is sweetgrass called in the Mohawk language?

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

3. What is the scientific name for the yellow water-lily?

4. What is said to be the leader of the birds in the Onondaga address in "Allegiance to Gratitude"?

5. Where does the author describe going to an agate beach with her daughter Linden in "The Consolation of Water Lilies"?

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