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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Harjo reports that John Staudenmaier had taught her to "pay attention to the poetry of" (77) what?
(a) The wind.
(b) Nature.
(c) Living.
(d) Everyday language.

2. In what type of activity did Harjo's mother partake on a weekly basis with her girlfriends?
(a) Golf.
(b) Knitting circle.
(c) Book club.
(d) Shuffleboard.

3. When Harjo's stepfather began to come into her room each morning, what action did he always take as she lay in bed?
(a) He rubbed her back.
(b) He combed her hair.
(c) He touched her breasts.
(d) He hit her with a belt.

4. With which two tribes was Louis Ballard affiliated, according to Harjo?
(a) Quapaw and Seneca.
(b) Sioux and Cherokee.
(c) Choctaw and Creek.
(d) Quapaw and Cherokee.

5. In what town during the troupe's tour did the town's citizens throw objects at the troupe's members?
(a) Buffalo.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Oklahoma City.
(d) La Grande.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Harjo's family members is revealed to have the first name Wynema?

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

3. Harjo states that she is a member of which Indian nation?

4. Which member of the young Cherokee man's family was a healer within the tribe?

5. Which person threatened Harjo with physical harm if she ever sang inside the house again?

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