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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through North: Pages 46-72.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what room of the house did Harjo awake to find her stepfather hurting her little sister Margaret?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The living room.
(c) The garage.
(d) The den.

2. With what element did Harjo associate beauty when she was a small child?
(a) Elegance.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Fate.
(d) Danger.

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

4. Which member of Harjo's family was born with a caul over her face?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her niece.
(c) Her great-grandmother.
(d) Her mother.

5. With what object did Harjo's stepfather hit her little sister on the occasion described by Harjo?
(a) A wooden spoon.
(b) A belt.
(c) A hairbrush.
(d) An oar.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. By what age had Harjo tired of hearing the Bible misused "to prove the superiority of white people” and “to enforce the domination of women by men” (68)?

4. Harjo states that she is a member of which Indian nation?

5. What was the name of the street where Harjo's mother and stepfather moved their combined families after their wedding?

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