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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the three seeds in the corn leaf pouch that were given to the author in "The Three Sisters"?
(a) Beans, squash, and onions.
(b) Corn, beans, and squash.
(c) Tobacco, chives, and beans.
(d) Sweetgrass, potatoes, and corn.

2. What percentage of the atmosphere is nitrogen gas?
(a) 89%.
(b) 56%.
(c) 45%.
(d) 78%.

3. What was the name of the child that Laurie gave birth to while doing her graduate research project on sweetgrass?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Hazel.
(c) Lilith.
(d) Celia.

4. What does the third row represent in the author's metaphor for basket weaving in "Wisgaak Gokpenagen: A Black Ash Basket"?
(a) The spirit.
(b) Ecological well-being.
(c) Community.
(d) Science.

5. 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) Puhpowee.
(b) Nanabozho.
(c) Makaks.
(d) Yawe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the scientific name of the cattail plant?

2. In the author's metaphor for the Three Sisters as an emerging relationship between Western science and indigenous knowledge, the bean signifies what?

3. What is referred to as the "bellybutton" of bean pods in "The Three Sisters" (164)?

4. What is the word used to mean South in the author's native language?

5. Who wrote The Mishomis Book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What preconceptions did the author have about Lionel? How were they proven wrong?

2. How does the author describe the process of harvesting sweetgrass in the opening of Picking Sweetgrass?

3. What does the East represent in the Anishinaabe belief system?

4. Why is the concept of circular time important in Native American lore?

5. What are the Three Sisters?

6. What lessons did Nanabozho learn from the animals, according to the narrative in “In the Footsteps of Nanabozho: Becoming Indigenous to Place"?

7. What did Nanabozho learn when his journey took him North?

8. Who did Nanabozho meet when he traveled to the West?

9. What does domesticity in plants mean?

10. What findings did Laurie's thesis produce in “Mishkos Kenomagwen: The Teachings of Grass”?

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