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

2. How old was Harjo when she exhibited symptoms of polio?
(a) 16.
(b) 12.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

3. The last singing performance Harjo ever saw her mother give took place at what type of event?
(a) A picnic.
(b) A dance.
(c) A banquet.
(d) A rodeo.

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

5. How old was Harjo when she received a ouija board as a present?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

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

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. What kind of school had Harjo just begun to attend when her "travel through story realms stopped" (37)?

4. How many hours did it take Harjo's family to drive to the location of her mother's final public singing performance?

5. How old was Harjo's sister Margaret when Harjo awoke to find her stepfather holding Margaret up in the air by one leg?

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