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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When one of Harjo's classrooms had previously been used for "apartment living" (77) courses, what objects still lined one wall?
(a) Stoves.
(b) Sinks.
(c) Sewing machines.
(d) Washing machines.

2. What transgression did Harjo's stepfather accuse her mother of one evening when she returned from a weekly meeting with her girlfriends?
(a) Stealing.
(b) Singing.
(c) Cheating.
(d) Lying.

3. In what decade did Harjo visit a palm reader who told her that she had an "alternate lifeline" (72) on her left hand?
(a) The 1990s.
(b) The 1970s.
(c) The 2000s.
(d) The 1980s.

4. What form of writing did Harjo's mother enjoy creating the most?
(a) Poems.
(b) Songs.
(c) Plays.
(d) Novels.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of Harjo's family name as having been born with second sight?

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

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

4. In what year was "a huge oil gusher" (13) discovered on land partly owned by Henry Marcy Harjo?

5. What was NOT a symptom of polio Harjo displayed in her youth?

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