1. What was Lupita doing when Harjo arrived at the office to which she had been summoned?
(a) She was lying down.
(b) She was crying.
(c) She was screaming.
(d) She was hitting Louis Ballard.

2. For what reason did the music teacher prohibit Harjo from playing a particular instrument?
(a) Because she had no rhythm.
(b) Because she was not old enough.
(c) Because she had not asked permission first.
(d) Because she had already had a turn.

3. What kind of school had Harjo just begun to attend when her "travel through story realms stopped" (37)?
(a) Public.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Private.
(d) Indian.

4. In what year was "a huge oil gusher" (13) discovered on land partly owned by Henry Marcy Harjo?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1895.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1920.

5. When Harjo located Lupita at the party, Lupita joked that she had been on what planet?
(a) Jupiter.
(b) Saturn.
(c) Venus.
(d) Mars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harjo recalls coming home to find her siblings terrified at having just witnessed which person force their mother to play Russian roulette with a loaded gun?

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

3. On what type of format did Harjo's mother record one of her original songs?

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

5. What type of procedure did Harjo have to undergo to determine whether she had polio or not?

(see the answer key)

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