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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through South.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Harjo states that which person in her family is "one of the oldest living relatives in [her] family line" (13)?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her maternal grandmother.
(c) Herself.
(d) Her father.

2. In what state was Harjo born?
(a) Washington.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) Oregon.
(d) Oklahoma.

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

4. Which person threatened Harjo with physical harm if she ever sang inside the house again?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her biological father.
(c) Her stepfather.
(d) Her brother Allen.

5. What type of intoxicants did Harjo, Lupita, and the rest of their friends ingest when the two girls got into trouble the next day?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Methamphetamines.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Marijuana.

Short Answer Questions

1. When one of Harjo's classrooms had previously been used for "apartment living" (77) courses, what objects still lined one wall?

2. Who lent money to Harjo so that she could join her Cherokee boyfriend in Tahlequah?

3. On the title page of the part of the text entitled South, Harjo writes that south is the direction of what?

4. What object did the poet throw at the bartender before he was kicked out of Okie Joe's?

5. About how long before Louis Ballard's death did Harjo last visit with him?

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