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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Opera.
(d) Bluegrass.

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

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

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

6. 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) English and Apache.
(d) Irish and Modoc.

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

8. With what element did Harjo associate beauty when she was a small child?
(a) Elegance.
(b) Fate.
(c) Danger.
(d) Wealth.

9. In what type of haunted building did Harjo and her family once live when they had no money for rent?
(a) A two-story house.
(b) A school.
(c) A church.
(d) A motel.

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

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

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

13. Harjo learned at church that anything "visionary on a personal level," (37) especially in girls or women, was what?
(a) Worthy of attention.
(b) Evil.
(c) Selfish.
(d) Fiction.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a substance Harjo classifies as a "plant medicine" (66)?

2. Which of the five senses was the only one Harjo was able to use the night her stepfather poured liquid onto her mother?

3. 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?

4. On what type of format did Harjo's mother record one of her original songs?

5. 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?

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