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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. Harjo and her mother had a lot more experience with what type of natural phenomenon than with hurricanes?
(a) Tornadoes.
(b) Floods.
(c) Earthquakes.
(d) Monsoons.

2. In the epigraph of the memoir, Harjo states that she "traveled far above the earth" (8) how many times?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 9.

3. How many brothers does Harjo have?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

4. A poem included at the start of the part entitled North states that "the door to the mind should open only from the" (46) what?
(a) Gut.
(b) Heart.
(c) Inside.
(d) Hands.

5. How does Harjo describe her stepfather's identity?
(a) Prussian.
(b) Cherokee.
(c) White.
(d) Indian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of procedure did Harjo have to undergo to determine whether she had polio or not?

2. What form of writing did Harjo's mother enjoy creating the most?

3. In what room of the house did Harjo awake to find her stepfather hurting her little sister Margaret?

4. How many children were in Harjo's household just before her mother married Harjo's stepfather?

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

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