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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What nationality and tribe does Harjo mention when she calls Leona May Baker "a potent meeting of storytellers, teachers, and musicians" (31)?
(a) Irish and Cherokee.
(b) Scottish and Sioux.
(c) Irish and Modoc.
(d) English and Apache.

3. What was NOT a symptom of polio Harjo displayed in her youth?
(a) Congestion.
(b) A headache.
(c) Nausea.
(d) Stiff muscles.

4. Harjo and her mother had a lot more experience with what type of natural phenomenon than with hurricanes?
(a) Tornadoes.
(b) Earthquakes.
(c) Floods.
(d) Monsoons.

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

6. How many sisters does Harjo have?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 0.

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

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

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

10. How old was Harjo on the occasion when she and her mother stayed up late to monitor a hurricane in the area?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 8.

11. About what type of tree was the song Harjo's mother recorded using a particular music format?
(a) A eucalyptus tree.
(b) A palm tree.
(c) A willow tree.
(d) An oak tree.

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

13. 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) Singing.
(c) Lying.
(d) Stealing.

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

15. Which member of Harjo's family was born with a caul over her face?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her niece.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her great-grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the street where Harjo's mother and stepfather moved their combined families after their wedding?

2. What kind of delight does Harjo say she lost the day she acquiesced to her mother's demand that she put on a shirt?

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

4. With what element did Harjo associate beauty when she was a small child?

5. What sport did Harjo's stepfather enjoy watching on television when he was not beating or berating his family?

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