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

2. How old was Harjo's sister Margaret when Harjo awoke to find her stepfather holding Margaret up in the air by one leg?
(a) 3.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 5.

3. How old was Harjo in the summer just before she entered elementary school?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 7.

4. What action did Harjo's stepfather threaten to take once he had promised to kill Harjo's mother and children if she ever took a particular action?
(a) Burn them.
(b) Leave them in the desert.
(c) Dump them in the ocean.
(d) Bury them in the backyard.

5. In what decade did Harjo visit a palm reader who told her that she had an "alternate lifeline" (72) on her left hand?
(a) The 1970s.
(b) The 1980s.
(c) The 2000s.
(d) The 1990s.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much older than Harjo's mother was the man she ended up with after divorcing Harjo's father?

2. What was NOT a symptom of polio Harjo displayed in her youth?

3. During what era were the people of Harjo's father removed forcibly from their land in the South?

4. What transgression did Harjo's stepfather accuse her mother of one evening when she returned from a weekly meeting with her girlfriends?

5. What was the name of the Seminole tribe member who refused to sign a treaty with the United States government?

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