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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the epigraph of the memoir, Harjo states that she "traveled far above the earth" (8) how many times?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 9.
(d) 3.

3. Harjo recalls coming home to find her siblings terrified at having just witnessed which person force their mother to play Russian roulette with a loaded gun?
(a) Harjo's biological father.
(b) Harjo's stepfather.
(c) Allen.
(d) Lupita.

4. How old was Harjo's sister Margaret when Harjo awoke to find her stepfather holding Margaret up in the air by one leg?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 3.
(d) 12.

5. Harjo's mother threatened to hit her with what object if she continued to talk back about putting on a shirt?
(a) A wooden spoon.
(b) A switch.
(c) Her hand.
(d) A belt.

6. Leona May Baker was the name of which one of Harjo's relatives?
(a) Her maternal grandmother.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her paternal grandmother.
(d) Her great-aunt.

7. What action did Harjo's stepfather threaten to take once he had promised to kill Harjo's mother and children if she ever took a particular action?
(a) Burn them.
(b) Bury them in the backyard.
(c) Leave them in the desert.
(d) Dump them in the ocean.

8. Hurricane Carla moved up the entire coastline of what state before moving on to the Tulsa area?
(a) Texas.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Florida.
(d) Georgia.

9. In what liquid did Harjo's stepfather douse her mother on the night she came home from a weekly visit with her girlfriends?
(a) Juice.
(b) Gasoline.
(c) Beer.
(d) Water.

10. In what way is Harjo related to the Seminole tribe member who refused to sign a treaty with the United States government?
(a) He is her great-great grandfather.
(b) He is the uncle of her grandparents.
(c) He is her second cousin, twice removed.
(d) He is her great-uncle.

11. When Harjo's mother's performance was over, with whom did Harjo long to stay?
(a) Her grandfather.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her uncle.

12. What type of creatures did Harjo find in the grass on the evening her mother told her to get inside and put a shirt on?
(a) Foxes.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Salamanders.
(d) Mice.

13. How does Harjo describe her stepfather's identity?
(a) White.
(b) Indian.
(c) Prussian.
(d) Cherokee.

14. What metaphorical action does Harjo use to describe the way her fear drove her to remain in one place on the time and space continuum?
(a) Closing the door.
(b) Killing a beast.
(c) Burrowing into a cave.
(d) Springing a trap.

15. Which of the five senses was the only one Harjo was able to use the night her stepfather poured liquid onto her mother?
(a) Touch.
(b) Smell.
(c) Hearing.
(d) Sight.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Harjo when she received a ouija board as a present?

3. What is NOT a substance Harjo classifies as a "plant medicine" (66)?

4. Which member of Harjo's family was born with a caul over her face?

5. Harjo states that which person in her family is "one of the oldest living relatives in [her] family line" (13)?

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