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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Salamanders.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Foxes.
(d) Mice.

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

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

4. How many brothers does Harjo have?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

5. 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) 3.
(d) 2.

6. 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) Opera.
(c) Bluegrass.
(d) Jazz.

7. In what state was Harjo born?
(a) Oregon.
(b) Washington.
(c) Oklahoma.
(d) New Mexico.

8. 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-uncle.
(b) He is her second cousin, twice removed.
(c) He is the uncle of her grandparents.
(d) He is her great-great grandfather.

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

10. 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) Burrowing into a cave.
(c) Springing a trap.
(d) Killing a beast.

11. How much older than Harjo's mother was the man she ended up with after divorcing Harjo's father?
(a) 9 months.
(b) 17 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 11 years.

12. In what room of the house did Harjo awake to find her stepfather hurting her little sister Margaret?
(a) The den.
(b) The garage.
(c) The living room.
(d) The kitchen.

13. With what object did Harjo's stepfather hit her little sister on the occasion described by Harjo?
(a) An oar.
(b) A wooden spoon.
(c) A hairbrush.
(d) A belt.

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

15. Which member of Harjo's family name as having been born with second sight?
(a) Her great-aunt.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of Harjo's mother's children attended her second wedding ceremony?

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?

3. What is the color of the northerly direction, according to the epigraph for the aforementioned part?

4. How old was Harjo on the occasion when she and her mother stayed up late to monitor a hurricane in the area?

5. Harjo and her mother had a lot more experience with what type of natural phenomenon than with hurricanes?

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