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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through West.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The young men who walked away from the ditch and toward Harjo were taking what action as they walked?
(a) They were taking shots.
(b) They were snickering.
(c) They were eating.
(d) They were punching one another.

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

3. In what year did Harjo begin to attend the Institute of American Indian Arts?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1988.

4. On the title page of the part of the text entitled East, Harjo writes that east is the direction of what?
(a) Mornings.
(b) Beginnings.
(c) Reckoning.
(d) Routines.

5. Harjo learned at church that anything "visionary on a personal level," (37) especially in girls or women, was what?
(a) Evil.
(b) Fiction.
(c) Selfish.
(d) Worthy of attention.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what element did Harjo associate beauty when she was a small child?

2. From what country did the three young girls called out by the preacher at church originally hail?

3. Which member of Lupita's family had been having sex with her since her mother died?

4. Harjo discusses the way in which she and her friends had defined themselves as teenagers with what element?

5. In what area of the United States did Harjo's all-Indian theater and dance troupe first tour?

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