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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Henry Marcy Harjo was the grandfather of which of her family members?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her second cousin.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her father.

3. Desmond Baker was the name of which one of Harjo's relatives?
(a) Her paternal grandfather.
(b) Her uncle.
(c) Her maternal grandfather.
(d) Her great-uncle.

4. 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 sky.
(b) The sun.
(c) The stars.
(d) The moon.

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

6. 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) Springing a trap.
(b) Burrowing into a cave.
(c) Killing a beast.
(d) Closing the door.

7. What action did Harjo begin to take in hopes of keeping her family safe from the wrath of her stepfather?
(a) She began to speak with the police.
(b) She began to have friends over.
(c) She began to collect knives.
(d) She began to stay awake all night.

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

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

10. 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 touched her breasts.
(b) He rubbed her back.
(c) He hit her with a belt.
(d) He combed her hair.

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

12. To what district of San Francisco did Harjo briefly feel compelled to move in the 1960s?
(a) Nob Hill.
(b) Haight-Ashbury.
(c) Tenderloin.
(d) Mission.

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. How many sisters does Harjo have?

4. In what year was "a huge oil gusher" (13) discovered on land partly owned by Henry Marcy Harjo?

5. About what type of tree was the song Harjo's mother recorded using a particular music format?

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