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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What form of writing did Harjo's mother enjoy creating the most?
(a) Poems.
(b) Plays.
(c) Songs.
(d) Novels.

2. What nationality and tribe does Harjo mention when she calls Leona May Baker "a potent meeting of storytellers, teachers, and musicians" (31)?
(a) Scottish and Sioux.
(b) Irish and Cherokee.
(c) Irish and Modoc.
(d) English and Apache.

3. When Harjo's mother's performance was over, with whom did Harjo long to stay?
(a) Her grandfather.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her uncle.

4. After Harjo's stepfather spent the whole drive home from the singing performance berating her mother, what action did her mother take when they got home?
(a) She slept.
(b) She cooked.
(c) She went to stay with her sister.
(d) She cleaned.

5. How many children were in Harjo's household just before her mother married Harjo's stepfather?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Harjo in the summer just before she entered elementary school?

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

3. To what type of music was Harjo listening when she had what she calls her "rite of passage into the world of humanity" (10)?

4. How many sisters does Harjo have?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What new behavior did Harjo's stepfather begin to exhibit each day after her mother left for work?

2. Describe "the small moment" when "the earthy delight of being five years old," for Harjo, "came falling down" (41).

3. Which member of Harjo's family was born with a caul over her face and what is the significance of this fact?

4. What role did Jazz music play in the development of Harjo's identity?

5. In what unique way does Harjo reveal events that occurred prior to her birth and what does she hope to achieve?

6. What sort of school was the Institute of American Indian Arts and how did Harjo feel about attending?

7. What is the significance of the song entitled "Weeping Willow" (34)?

8. What is the significance of the palm reader's analysis of Harjo's left hand in the part of the text entitled North?

9. For what reason did Harjo associate beauty with danger in her early childhood?

10. Who was Osceola and what is the significance of Harjo's connection to him?

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