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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the street where Harjo's mother and stepfather moved their combined families after their wedding?
(a) Independence Street.
(b) Blame Street.
(c) Willow Street.
(d) Elm Street.

2. What metaphorical action does Harjo use to describe the way her fear drove her to remain in one place on the time and space continuum?
(a) Burrowing into a cave.
(b) Springing a trap.
(c) Killing a beast.
(d) Closing the door.

3. With whom did Harjo stay for the first week after she arrived in Tahlequah?
(a) Other homeless teens.
(b) Friends of her fiance's.
(c) Her fiance.
(d) A local farmer.

4. What objects does Harjo say acted as evidence that she and many other young women "wanted to live" (78)?
(a) Tears.
(b) Children.
(c) Diplomas.
(d) Scars.

5. Harjo says that as she listened to her mother sing at her last public performance, she felt her mother's "spirit reach up and touch" (52) what?
(a) The stars.
(b) The sun.
(c) The sky.
(d) The moon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object did Harjo's fiance force her to pawn as soon as she reached Tahlequah?

2. With what object did Harjo's stepfather hit her little sister on the occasion described by Harjo?

3. What action did Harjo's stepfather threaten to take once he had promised to kill Harjo's mother and children if she ever took a particular action?

4. How old was Harjo when she received a ouija board as a present?

5. Which of the five senses was the only one Harjo was able to use the night her stepfather poured liquid onto her mother?

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