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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many months of restriction did Harjo and Lupita receive as punishment for their transgressions at school?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 1.

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

3. What is NOT a substance Harjo classifies as a "plant medicine" (66)?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Tequila.
(c) Peyote.
(d) Whiskey.

4. What action did Harjo's stepfather threaten to take once he had promised to kill Harjo's mother and children if she ever took a particular action?
(a) Leave them in the desert.
(b) Burn them.
(c) Dump them in the ocean.
(d) Bury them in the backyard.

5. In what season of the year did the Indian school put on a production of a play by Shelagh Delaney?
(a) Winter.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Fall.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harjo and her mother had a lot more experience with what type of natural phenomenon than with hurricanes?

2. In what decade did Harjo visit a palm reader who told her that she had an "alternate lifeline" (72) on her left hand?

3. Which person threatened Harjo with physical harm if she ever sang inside the house again?

4. When one of Harjo's classrooms had previously been used for "apartment living" (77) courses, what objects still lined one wall?

5. In what decade of her life did Harjo revisit her desire to create music?

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