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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Harjo's stepfather threatened to kill her mother and her children if her mother ever took what action?
(a) Called the police.
(b) Cheated on him.
(c) Hit him back.
(d) Left him.

2. Harjo's Cherokee boyfriend had a daughter named Ratatonia who was how old at the time Harjo traveled to Tahlequah?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 8.
(d) 12.

3. In what city did did Harjo begin to attend the Institute of American Indian Arts?
(a) Topeka.
(b) Omaha.
(c) Santa Fe.
(d) Tyler.

4. What action did Harjo begin to take in hopes of keeping her family safe from the wrath of her stepfather?
(a) She began to collect knives.
(b) She began to stay awake all night.
(c) She began to have friends over.
(d) She began to speak with the police.

5. What substance did Harjo's mother-in-law use to put a curse on Harjo, according to her husband?
(a) Maize.
(b) Steam.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Oil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of school had Harjo just begun to attend when her "travel through story realms stopped" (37)?

2. In what liquid did Harjo's stepfather douse her mother on the night she came home from a weekly visit with her girlfriends?

3. Harjo learned at church that anything "visionary on a personal level," (37) especially in girls or women, was what?

4. What objects does Harjo say acted as evidence that she and many other young women "wanted to live" (78)?

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

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