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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's stepfather threatened to kill her mother and her children if her mother ever took what action?
(a) Called the police.
(b) Cheated on him.
(c) Hit him back.
(d) Left him.

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

3. What kind of school had Harjo just begun to attend when her "travel through story realms stopped" (37)?
(a) Private.
(b) Public.
(c) Indian.
(d) Catholic.

4. When Harjo's mother's performance was over, with whom did Harjo long to stay?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her grandfather.

5. What element does Harjo say "can help raise a people up or call them to gather for war" (11)?
(a) Hardship.
(b) Music.
(c) Dance.
(d) Literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harjo learned at church that anything "visionary on a personal level," (37) especially in girls or women, was what?

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

3. In what liquid did Harjo's stepfather douse her mother on the night she came home from a weekly visit with her girlfriends?

4. How many of Harjo's mother's children attended her second wedding ceremony?

5. What sport did Harjo's stepfather enjoy watching on television when he was not beating or berating his family?

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