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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Harjo and the other members of the troupe feel when they heard citizens of a particular town call them "Dirty Indians" (99)?
(a) Angry.
(b) Saddened.
(c) Apathetic.
(d) Surprised.

2. What instrument did Harjo's music teacher forbid her to play, causing her to quit the band?
(a) Flute.
(b) Xylophone.
(c) Saxophone.
(d) Drums.

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 town square.
(b) The library.
(c) The bank parking lot.
(d) The park.

4. What was the title of the play put on by students at the Indian school Harjo attended?
(a) A Raisin in the Sun.
(b) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
(c) Equus.
(d) A Taste of Honey.

5. How many classes did Harjo take from Louis Ballard during her time at the Institute of American Indian Arts?
(a) 0.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

6. Which person threatened Harjo with physical harm if she ever sang inside the house again?
(a) Her brother Allen.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her biological father.
(d) Her stepfather.

7. When one of Harjo's classrooms had previously been used for "apartment living" (77) courses, what objects still lined one wall?
(a) Sinks.
(b) Sewing machines.
(c) Washing machines.
(d) Stoves.

8. How old was Lupita when her mother died, according to Harjo?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 16.
(d) 14.

9. What kind of priest was John Staudenmaier studying to be when Harjo met him?
(a) Diocesan.
(b) Franciscan.
(c) Jesuit.
(d) Monastic.

10. Harjo states that she was "fully ensconced" (97) in what two types of art classes, rather than being a well-rounded student?
(a) Drawing and painting.
(b) Dance and painting.
(c) Drawing and filmmaking.
(d) Poetry and painting.

11. In what city did did Harjo begin to attend the Institute of American Indian Arts?
(a) Omaha.
(b) Topeka.
(c) Santa Fe.
(d) Tyler.

12. Who lent money to Harjo so that she could join her Cherokee boyfriend in Tahlequah?
(a) Stan.
(b) Ray.
(c) Max.
(d) Allen.

13. Who promised to send Harjo a bus ticket to Tahlequah?
(a) Her advisor.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her Cherokee boyfriend.
(d) Her father.

14. Which member of the young Cherokee man's family was a healer within the tribe?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His mother.
(c) His brother.
(d) His grandfather.

15. For what reason did the music teacher prohibit Harjo from playing a particular instrument?
(a) Because she had not asked permission first.
(b) Because she was not old enough.
(c) Because she had already had a turn.
(d) Because she had no rhythm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under what types of trees did the grandmother of Harjo's fiance spend each morning with her friends?

2. What was Lupita doing when Harjo arrived at the office to which she had been summoned?

3. Harjo states that many Indian women who gave birth at the Indian hospital unknowingly signed a form giving doctors permission to take what action?

4. What objects did the troupe have thrown at them as they walked along the road in one particular town?

5. Harjo's Cherokee boyfriend had a daughter named Ratatonia who was how old at the time Harjo traveled to Tahlequah?

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