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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does "Maple Sugar Moon" translate to in the language of the author's people?
2. Who stated that “objects . . . will remain plentiful because they are treated as gifts" (43)?
3. According to the author in "Skywoman Falling," sweetgrass is one of how many sacred plants of her people?
4. How many times does the author say her ancestors were "removed" in the span of a single generation in "The Council of Pecans" (21)?
5. Who wrote in an 1890 treatise that “the colors diametrically opposed to each other . . . are those which reciprocally evoke each other in the eye" (61)?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is significant about the narrative style in "Witch Hazel"?
2. How do trees communicate?
3. What do wild strawberries symbolize for the author?
4. How does the author describe sweetgrass in relation to gifts?
5. What are some of the significant aspects of the Potawatomi language that the author points out in “Learning the Grammar of Animacy”?
6. How does the concept of gift-giving differ between viewpoints of a private property economy and a gift economy?
7. How did the author go about making maple syrup with her daughters?
8. What does witch hazel symbolize in the narrative?
9. What is significant about the production of harvests among pecan trees?
10. How does the Pledge of Allegiance differ from the Thanksgiving Address?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the botany and relationship of lichen. What is lichen comprised of? How does it interact and complement its different parts? What lesson is taught through lichen in Braiding Sweetgrass?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the dichotomy between traditional knowledge and science in Braiding Sweetgrass. How are the approaches to these fields different? How did the author become immersed in each? How did she resolve the differences between the two?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the impacts of global and national policies as they relate to climate change and the environment. What efforts have been made to repair our actions of the past? What efforts should be made in the future? How do we go about policy changes?
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