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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The title page of the section entitled West states that the westerly direction is "the doorway to the" (95) what?
(a) Salvation.
(b) Ancestors.
(c) Truth.
(d) Past.

2. How much older than Harjo's mother was the man she ended up with after divorcing Harjo's father?
(a) 9 months.
(b) 17 years.
(c) 11 years.
(d) 5 years.

3. What sport did Harjo's stepfather enjoy watching on television when he was not beating or berating his family?
(a) Tennis.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Golf.
(d) Football.

4. 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 Modoc.
(c) English and Apache.
(d) Irish and Cherokee.

5. Desmond Baker was the name of which one of Harjo's relatives?
(a) Her great-uncle.
(b) Her paternal grandfather.
(c) Her maternal grandfather.
(d) Her uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What element of life does Harjo classify as "direct communication with the sacred" (75)?

2. Harjo and her mother had a lot more experience with what type of natural phenomenon than with hurricanes?

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

4. Harjo reports that John Staudenmaier had taught her to "pay attention to the poetry of" (77) what?

5. Harjo discusses the way in which she and her friends had defined themselves as teenagers with what element?

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