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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mrs. Wilhelm do with the letter Harjo's stepfather sent to her disparaging Harjo's character?
(a) She burned it.
(b) She gave it to the police.
(c) She gave it back to Harjo.
(d) She ripped it up.

2. On the title page of the part of the text entitled East, Harjo writes that east is the direction of what?
(a) Mornings.
(b) Beginnings.
(c) Routines.
(d) Reckoning.

3. When Harjo went to stay with her fiance's grandmother, she liked to take part in the old woman's visits with her friends in what area of town?
(a) The bank parking lot.
(b) The town square.
(c) The library.
(d) The park.

4. What transgression did Harjo's stepfather accuse her mother of one evening when she returned from a weekly meeting with her girlfriends?
(a) Lying.
(b) Stealing.
(c) Cheating.
(d) Singing.

5. Harjo's mother threatened to hit her with what object if she continued to talk back about putting on a shirt?
(a) A wooden spoon.
(b) A switch.
(c) Her hand.
(d) A belt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the meaning of the Cherokee name Wynema, according to Harjo?

2. From what country did the three young girls called out by the preacher at church originally hail?

3. What metaphorical action does Harjo use to describe the way her fear drove her to remain in one place on the time and space continuum?

4. The title page of the section entitled West states that the westerly direction is "the doorway to the" (95) what?

5. What is NOT one of the elements Harjo vows to feed her son so that he will flourish?

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