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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Lupita when her mother died, according to Harjo?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 14.
(d) 16.

2. What kind of priest was John Staudenmaier studying to be when Harjo met him?
(a) Jesuit.
(b) Diocesan.
(c) Monastic.
(d) Franciscan.

3. Harjo's mother threatened to hit her with what object if she continued to talk back about putting on a shirt?
(a) A wooden spoon.
(b) A belt.
(c) A switch.
(d) Her hand.

4. How many children were in Harjo's household just before her mother married Harjo's stepfather?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

5. During what era were the people of Harjo's father removed forcibly from their land in the South?
(a) The late 19th century.
(b) The early 18th century.
(c) The early 20th century.
(d) The mid 19th century.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Harjo when she received a ouija board as a present?

2. What kind of delight does Harjo say she lost the day she acquiesced to her mother's demand that she put on a shirt?

3. Harjo recalls her mother telling her that getting her dress wet in the sink meant that she would marry what kind of man someday?

4. What marker does Harjo use to set the poetry and partly-fictional story in the memoir off from the rest of the text?

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

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