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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. Leona May Baker was the name of which one of Harjo's relatives?
(a) Her great-aunt.
(b) Her maternal grandmother.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her paternal grandmother.

2. What sport did Harjo's stepfather enjoy watching on television when he was not beating or berating his family?
(a) Football.
(b) Golf.
(c) Basketball.
(d) Tennis.

3. What is NOT a substance Harjo classifies as a "plant medicine" (66)?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Tequila.
(c) Peyote.
(d) Whiskey.

4. About what type of tree was the song Harjo's mother recorded using a particular music format?
(a) A eucalyptus tree.
(b) A palm tree.
(c) An oak tree.
(d) A willow tree.

5. What type of creatures did Harjo find in the grass on the evening her mother told her to get inside and put a shirt on?
(a) Mice.
(b) Foxes.
(c) Salamanders.
(d) Snakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many brothers does Harjo have?

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

3. Desmond Baker was the name of which one of Harjo's relatives?

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

5. To what type of music was Harjo listening when she had what she calls her "rite of passage into the world of humanity" (10)?

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