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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which two tribes was Louis Ballard affiliated, according to Harjo?
(a) Choctaw and Creek.
(b) Sioux and Cherokee.
(c) Quapaw and Seneca.
(d) Quapaw and Cherokee.

2. What is NOT one of the elements Harjo vows to feed her son so that he will flourish?
(a) Dreams and stories.
(b) Corn.
(c) Beans.
(d) Cornbread.

3. How many classes did Harjo take from Louis Ballard during her time at the Institute of American Indian Arts?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 0.
(d) 4.

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

5. In what year was "a huge oil gusher" (13) discovered on land partly owned by Henry Marcy Harjo?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1895.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1905.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which adjective was NOT mentioned by the people who warned Harjo about her soon-to-be mother-in-law?

2. 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?

3. What element does Harjo say "can help raise a people up or call them to gather for war" (11)?

4. By what age had Harjo tired of hearing the Bible misused "to prove the superiority of white people” and “to enforce the domination of women by men” (68)?

5. In what state did Harjo begin to attend the high school called the Institute of American Indian Arts?

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