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1. What does the author say the word for sweetgrass is in her people's language in the Preface?

Wiingaashk.

2. What is the scientific name for sweetgrass?

Hierochloe odorata.

3. What word from the Preface refers to a book containing a list of medicinal drugs with their effects and directions for use?

Pharmacopoeia.

4. What is sweetgrass's favored habitat?

Sunny, well-watered meadows.

5. When is the time for storytelling, according to the author in "Skywoman Falling"?

Winter.

6. Who among the creatures dove first into the watery depths to seek out mud, according to the author in "Skywoman Falling"?

Loon.

7. Upon what creature's back did the woman spread the mud in "Skywoman Falling"?

Turtle's.

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