View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Harjo's Cherokee boyfriend had a daughter named Ratatonia who was how old at the time Harjo traveled to Tahlequah?
(a) 2.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 5.

2. In what state did Harjo begin to attend the high school called the Institute of American Indian Arts?
(a) Texas.
(b) Kansas.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Nebraska.

3. Harjo and her mother had a lot more experience with what type of natural phenomenon than with hurricanes?
(a) Earthquakes.
(b) Tornadoes.
(c) Monsoons.
(d) Floods.

4. On the title page of the part of the text entitled West, Harjo writes that west is the direction of what?
(a) Answers.
(b) Questions.
(c) Funerals.
(d) Endings.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Harjo reports that John Staudenmaier had taught her to "pay attention to the poetry of" (77) what?

3. What did Mrs. Wilhelm do with the letter Harjo's stepfather sent to her disparaging Harjo's character?

4. In what town during the troupe's tour did the town's citizens throw objects at the troupe's members?

5. Louis Ballard acted in what official capacity during Harjo's journey through school?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 224 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample