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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. Harjo discusses the way in which she and her friends had defined themselves as teenagers with what element?
(a) Fashion.
(b) Sports.
(c) Slang.
(d) Music.

2. In what type of activity did Harjo's mother partake on a weekly basis with her girlfriends?
(a) Book club.
(b) Knitting circle.
(c) Golf.
(d) Shuffleboard.

3. How much older than Harjo's mother was the man she ended up with after divorcing Harjo's father?
(a) 9 months.
(b) 17 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 11 years.

4. What objects does Harjo say acted as evidence that she and many other young women "wanted to live" (78)?
(a) Diplomas.
(b) Children.
(c) Tears.
(d) Scars.

5. Harjo says that as she listened to her mother sing at her last public performance, she felt her mother's "spirit reach up and touch" (52) what?
(a) The sun.
(b) The moon.
(c) The stars.
(d) The sky.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what district of San Francisco did Harjo briefly feel compelled to move in the 1960s?

2. Harjo's stepfather threatened to kill her mother and her children if her mother ever took what action?

3. How does Harjo describe her stepfather's identity?

4. How many hours did it take Harjo's family to drive to the location of her mother's final public singing performance?

5. What element does Harjo say "can help raise a people up or call them to gather for war" (11)?

(see the answer key)

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