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

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

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

4. When one of Harjo's classrooms had previously been used for "apartment living" (77) courses, what objects still lined one wall?
(a) Sewing machines.
(b) Stoves.
(c) Washing machines.
(d) Sinks.

5. The last singing performance Harjo ever saw her mother give took place at what type of event?
(a) A banquet.
(b) A dance.
(c) A picnic.
(d) A rodeo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action did Harjo begin to take in hopes of keeping her family safe from the wrath of her stepfather?

2. In what decade of her life did Harjo revisit her desire to create music?

3. 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?

4. What is NOT a substance Harjo classifies as a "plant medicine" (66)?

5. What is NOT an item Harjo mentions when she describes how her mother "dressed for her musical coming-out party" (50)?

(see the answer key)

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