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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What substance did Harjo's mother-in-law use to put a curse on Harjo, according to her husband?
(a) Smoke.
(b) Oil.
(c) Maize.
(d) Steam.

3. The young men who walked away from the ditch and toward Harjo were taking what action as they walked?
(a) They were eating.
(b) They were taking shots.
(c) They were snickering.
(d) They were punching one another.

4. What is NOT an item Harjo mentions when she describes how her mother "dressed for her musical coming-out party" (50)?
(a) Frills.
(b) Denim.
(c) Perfume.
(d) Satin.

5. About how many years before the publication of Crazy Brave did Louis Ballard die?
(a) 11.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did Harjo do when the promised bus ticket to Tahlequah did not arrive?

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

5. 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)?

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