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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On the title page of the part of the text entitled East, Harjo writes that east is the direction of what?
(a) Mornings.
(b) Reckoning.
(c) Routines.
(d) Beginnings.

3. How many of Harjo's mother's children attended her second wedding ceremony?
(a) 2.
(b) 0.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

4. What type of procedure did Harjo have to undergo to determine whether she had polio or not?
(a) An EKG.
(b) A stress test.
(c) A spinal tap.
(d) A biopsy.

5. To what type of music was Harjo listening when she had what she calls her "rite of passage into the world of humanity" (10)?
(a) Balinese.
(b) Jazz.
(c) Bluegrass.
(d) Opera.

6. What kind of school had Harjo just begun to attend when her "travel through story realms stopped" (37)?
(a) Indian.
(b) Public.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Private.

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

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

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

10. A poem included at the start of the part entitled North states that "the door to the mind should open only from the" (46) what?
(a) Hands.
(b) Gut.
(c) Inside.
(d) Heart.

11. How many children were in Harjo's household just before her mother married Harjo's stepfather?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

12. 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?
(a) The moon.
(b) The stars.
(c) The sky.
(d) The sun.

13. By what age had Harjo tired of hearing the Bible misused "to prove the superiority of white people” and “to enforce the domination of women by men” (68)?
(a) 17.
(b) 13.
(c) 9.
(d) 15.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Harjo's sister Margaret when Harjo awoke to find her stepfather holding Margaret up in the air by one leg?

2. How does Harjo describe her stepfather's identity?

3. Harjo's mother threatened to hit her with what object if she continued to talk back about putting on a shirt?

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

5. With what object did Harjo's stepfather hit her little sister on the occasion described by Harjo?

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