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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hurricane Carla moved up the entire coastline of what state before moving on to the Tulsa area?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Florida.
(d) Texas.

2. Which adjective was NOT mentioned by the people who warned Harjo about her soon-to-be mother-in-law?
(a) Stingy.
(b) Overprotective.
(c) Mean.
(d) Jealous.

3. Harjo recalls coming home to find her siblings terrified at having just witnessed which person force their mother to play Russian roulette with a loaded gun?
(a) Lupita.
(b) Harjo's biological father.
(c) Harjo's stepfather.
(d) Allen.

4. What marker does Harjo use to set the poetry and partly-fictional story in the memoir off from the rest of the text?
(a) All capital letters.
(b) Parentheses.
(c) Italics.
(d) Bold type.

5. Louis Ballard acted in what official capacity during Harjo's journey through school?
(a) Housefather.
(b) Dean.
(c) Advisor.
(d) President.

Short Answer Questions

1. What element of life does Harjo classify as "direct communication with the sacred" (75)?

2. What instrument did Harjo's music teacher forbid her to play, causing her to quit the band?

3. Which artist or genre is NOT mentioned by Harjo in her list of four favorites from her adolescence?

4. With what object did Harjo's stepfather hit her little sister on the occasion described by Harjo?

5. The young men who walked away from the ditch and toward Harjo were taking what action as they walked?

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