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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. How old was Harjo on the occasion when she and her mother stayed up late to monitor a hurricane in the area?
(a) 14.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 12.

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

3. On what type of format did Harjo's mother record one of her original songs?
(a) 8-track.
(b) Cassette.
(c) Vinyl.
(d) CD.

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

5. What was the name of the Seminole tribe member who refused to sign a treaty with the United States government?
(a) Eufala.
(b) Osceola.
(c) Samuel.
(d) Monahwee.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way is Harjo related to the Seminole tribe member who refused to sign a treaty with the United States government?

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

3. What type of creatures did Harjo find in the grass on the evening her mother told her to get inside and put a shirt on?

4. In what decade did Harjo visit a palm reader who told her that she had an "alternate lifeline" (72) on her left hand?

5. After Harjo's stepfather spent the whole drive home from the singing performance berating her mother, what action did her mother take when they got home?

(see the answer key)

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