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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Henry Marcy Harjo was the grandfather of which of her family members?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her second cousin.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her father.

2. What did Harjo do while Lupita cried all night at the end of the part of the memoir entitled North?
(a) She held Lupita in her arms.
(b) She drew.
(c) She prayed.
(d) She studied.

3. What adjective does Harjo use to describe the nature of all living Indians?
(a) Courageous.
(b) Haunted.
(c) Enlightened.
(d) Tortured.

4. What is the meaning of the Cherokee name Wynema, according to Harjo?
(a) Swift wind.
(b) Beautiful woman.
(c) Spring rain.
(d) Handsome man.

5. What objects did the troupe have thrown at them as they walked along the road in one particular town?
(a) Tomatoes.
(b) Tortillas.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Cabbages.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who or what does Harjo now believe was the source of her decision to take an acting class?

2. Before Harjo, her husband, and her children moved to Tulsa, one of her "mother-in-law's enemies came to her as a" (109) what?

3. What object did the poet throw at the bartender before he was kicked out of Okie Joe's?

4. The items along the wall in one of Harjo's classrooms at the art institute were used to train Indian students to work for what kinds of families upon graduation?

5. On what night of the week did Harjo, the poet, and his friends go to Okie Joe's to mourn the poet's late best friend?

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