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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the color of the northerly direction, according to the epigraph for the aforementioned part?
(a) White.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

2. In what liquid did Harjo's stepfather douse her mother on the night she came home from a weekly visit with her girlfriends?
(a) Water.
(b) Beer.
(c) Gasoline.
(d) Juice.

3. What nationality and tribe does Harjo mention when she calls Leona May Baker "a potent meeting of storytellers, teachers, and musicians" (31)?
(a) Scottish and Sioux.
(b) Irish and Cherokee.
(c) Irish and Modoc.
(d) English and Apache.

4. Lupita was Harjo's friend and also her what?
(a) Running partner.
(b) Lab partner.
(c) Tutor.
(d) Roommate.

5. 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?
(a) Leave them in the desert.
(b) Dump them in the ocean.
(c) Burn them.
(d) Bury them in the backyard.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Harjo in the summer just before she entered elementary school?

3. How much older than Harjo's mother was the man she ended up with after divorcing Harjo's father?

4. How does Harjo describe her stepfather's identity?

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

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