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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 form of writing did Harjo's mother enjoy creating the most?
(a) Plays.
(b) Poems.
(c) Songs.
(d) Novels.

2. When Harjo's stepfather began to come into her room each morning, what action did he always take as she lay in bed?
(a) He touched her breasts.
(b) He combed her hair.
(c) He rubbed her back.
(d) He hit her with a belt.

3. In what decade did Harjo visit a palm reader who told her that she had an "alternate lifeline" (72) on her left hand?
(a) The 1990s.
(b) The 2000s.
(c) The 1970s.
(d) The 1980s.

4. What nationality and tribe does Harjo mention when she calls Leona May Baker "a potent meeting of storytellers, teachers, and musicians" (31)?
(a) Irish and Cherokee.
(b) English and Apache.
(c) Irish and Modoc.
(d) Scottish and Sioux.

5. How does Harjo describe her stepfather's identity?
(a) Indian.
(b) Cherokee.
(c) Prussian.
(d) White.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many months of restriction did Harjo and Lupita receive as punishment for their transgressions at school?

2. With which two tribes was Louis Ballard affiliated, according to Harjo?

3. What kind of delight does Harjo say she lost the day she acquiesced to her mother's demand that she put on a shirt?

4. How old was Harjo in the summer just before she entered elementary school?

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

(see the answer key)

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