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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through North: Pages 73-94.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What marker does Harjo use to set the poetry and partly-fictional story in the memoir off from the rest of the text?
(a) All capital letters.
(b) Bold type.
(c) Italics.
(d) Parentheses.

2. With which two tribes was Louis Ballard affiliated, according to Harjo?
(a) Choctaw and Creek.
(b) Sioux and Cherokee.
(c) Quapaw and Cherokee.
(d) Quapaw and Seneca.

3. Harjo states that which person in her family is "one of the oldest living relatives in [her] family line" (13)?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Herself.
(d) Her maternal grandmother.

4. On what type of format did Harjo's mother record one of her original songs?
(a) CD.
(b) Vinyl.
(c) 8-track.
(d) Cassette.

5. What metaphorical action does Harjo use to describe the way her fear drove her to remain in one place on the time and space continuum?
(a) Closing the door.
(b) Killing a beast.
(c) Burrowing into a cave.
(d) Springing a trap.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what country did the three young girls called out by the preacher at church originally hail?

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

3. In what state did Harjo begin to attend the high school called the Institute of American Indian Arts?

4. In what city did did Harjo begin to attend the Institute of American Indian Arts?

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

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