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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Harjo describe her stepfather's identity?
(a) White.
(b) Indian.
(c) Prussian.
(d) Cherokee.

3. Harjo recalls coming home to find her siblings terrified at having just witnessed which person force their mother to play Russian roulette with a loaded gun?
(a) Allen.
(b) Harjo's stepfather.
(c) Lupita.
(d) Harjo's biological father.

4. In the epigraph of the memoir, Harjo states that she "traveled far above the earth" (8) how many times?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 9.

5. Which person threatened Harjo with physical harm if she ever sang inside the house again?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her stepfather.
(c) Her brother Allen.
(d) Her biological father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Desmond Baker was the name of which one of Harjo's relatives?

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

3. What did Harjo do when the promised bus ticket to Tahlequah did not arrive?

4. In what decade of her life did Harjo revisit her desire to create music?

5. How old was Harjo when she met the Cherokee young man who would become her first lover?

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