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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what age had Harjo tired of hearing the Bible misused "to prove the superiority of white people” and “to enforce the domination of women by men” (68)?
(a) 13.
(b) 9.
(c) 17.
(d) 15.

2. Louis Ballard acted in what official capacity during Harjo's journey through school?
(a) President.
(b) Dean.
(c) Advisor.
(d) Housefather.

3. From what country did the three young girls called out by the preacher at church originally hail?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Peru.
(c) Venezuela.
(d) Canada.

4. How old was Harjo when she met the Cherokee young man who would become her first lover?
(a) 19.
(b) 15.
(c) 16.
(d) 18.

5. Harjo says that she started school at the Institute of American Indian Arts, she was "fresh from escaping the emotional" what "of her childhood" (73)?
(a) Winter.
(b) Pain.
(c) Wreck.
(d) Freeze.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Harjo states that she was "fully ensconced" (97) in what two types of art classes, rather than being a well-rounded student?

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

4. To what district of San Francisco did Harjo briefly feel compelled to move in the 1960s?

5. What kind of priest was John Staudenmaier studying to be when Harjo met him?

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