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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the color of the northerly direction, according to the epigraph for the aforementioned part?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

2. 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) Dump them in the ocean.
(b) Leave them in the desert.
(c) Burn them.
(d) Bury them in the backyard.

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

4. What form of writing did Harjo's mother enjoy creating the most?
(a) Novels.
(b) Plays.
(c) Songs.
(d) Poems.

5. What element does Harjo say "can help raise a people up or call them to gather for war" (11)?
(a) Hardship.
(b) Music.
(c) Literature.
(d) Dance.

6. In what year was "a huge oil gusher" (13) discovered on land partly owned by Henry Marcy Harjo?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1895.

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

8. What was the name of the street where Harjo's mother and stepfather moved their combined families after their wedding?
(a) Willow Street.
(b) Blame Street.
(c) Elm Street.
(d) Independence Street.

9. How old was Harjo in the summer just before she entered elementary school?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

10. What transgression did Harjo's stepfather accuse her mother of one evening when she returned from a weekly meeting with her girlfriends?
(a) Cheating.
(b) Lying.
(c) Singing.
(d) Stealing.

11. On the title page of the part of the text entitled North, Harjo writes that north is the direction where which people live?
(a) Magicians.
(b) Difficult teachers.
(c) Shamans.
(d) Doctors.

12. How many hours did it take Harjo's family to drive to the location of her mother's final public singing performance?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

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

14. The Institute of American Indian Arts attended Harjo attended was located in which state?
(a) Oklahoma.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) Texas.
(d) Kansas.

15. What is NOT an item Harjo mentions when she describes how her mother "dressed for her musical coming-out party" (50)?
(a) Frills.
(b) Satin.
(c) Denim.
(d) Perfume.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Desmond Baker was the name of which one of Harjo's relatives?

5. Harjo says that as she listened to her mother sing at her last public performance, she felt her mother's "spirit reach up and touch" (52) what?

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