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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom did Harjo's husband have an affair, as described in the part of the text called South?
(a) The bank teller.
(b) The babysitter.
(c) The maid.
(d) The librarian.

2. What marker does Harjo use to set the poetry and partly-fictional story in the memoir off from the rest of the text?
(a) Parentheses.
(b) All capital letters.
(c) Bold type.
(d) Italics.

3. On what type of format did Harjo's mother record one of her original songs?
(a) Cassette.
(b) 8-track.
(c) Vinyl.
(d) CD.

4. What is NOT a substance Harjo classifies as a "plant medicine" (66)?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Peyote.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Tequila.

5. What objects did the troupe have thrown at them as they walked along the road in one particular town?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Tomatoes.
(c) Tortillas.
(d) Cabbages.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whose house did Harjo return after the troupe's tour was over?

3. How many hours did it take Harjo's family to drive to the location of her mother's final public singing performance?

4. Harjo's Cherokee boyfriend had a daughter named Ratatonia who was how old at the time Harjo traveled to Tahlequah?

5. With what element did Harjo associate beauty when she was a small child?

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